A BBC Scotland Channel 9 television programme at 10pm on Tuesday 25th May promises to make fascinating viewing.
Mark Walters in the Footsteps of Andrew Watson, the First Black Footballer & Orkney Links
Reclaiming Our Land By Rob Gibson
“I believe that we are closer to reclaiming our land than ever before. Political will based on a wide consensus for change is now in play.” Rob Gibson
Scotland, Slavery & Land: ‘Follow the Money’
This influx of wealth, said Dr Mackinnon, especially from 1820 – 1850, is ‘trophy on display’ by turning the land whole scale over to hunting and fishing using colonial derived wealth.
Highlander Henry Mackintosh: Sugar, Suriname & Slaves
In 1674 Henry Mackintosh in partnership with William Pringle purchased a 1600 acre sugar plantation in Suriname.
USA Census of 1790 #OnThisDay
The population of the USA was counted as 3,929,214. Of that number 694,280 or 17.8% were slaves.
THE COST OF SUGAR
“some more information about Orkney’s involvement in slave-worked sugar plantations in the West Indies.”
Sgathaich: Star Trek The Next Generation – The Measure of a Man
“The high point of the episode comes in a court Hearing where sides have to make their arguments towards Data’s rights – if he is to be considered Property or a free individual.”
The Harray men who went for gold
“In the late summer of 1835, 19-year old Joseph Clouston, who had been born in Stromness but was then living at Nisthouse in Harray, arrived at the coastal town of Anamaboe.”
Orkney and the West African connection
“West Africa was the source of the enslaved people who were trafficked across the Atlantic to provide the labour on the plantations of the Americas and the West Indies.”
Orkney and Slavery–‘I have at present 36 negroes, besides stock…’
“There were a number of ‘enterprising Orcadian planters, and, of course, slave-holders in the West Indies.’”
