RE: Paul mcdade22 May 2021 11:41
cannot say i was overly impressed with the insulting phrase of "your country's historical abominations" - hardly humour when it is insulting and derogatory.
insulting people on a bulletin board, based on an assumption that they, by virtue of their mothers geographical location whilst giving birth are considered english, somehow makes them responsible for the actions of other humans who died over a hundred years ago or more in some cases.
These people need to stop dredging up history, that cannot be changed and stop trying to make the current day incumbents of the country somehow accountable for the actions of dead people, which made other people, who are also dead, suffer.
for balance....
Following the union of parliaments in 1707, Scotland gained formal access to the transatlantic slave trade. Scottish merchants became increasingly involved in the trade and Scottish planters (especially sugar and tobacco) began to settle in the colonies, generating much of their wealth through enslaved labour. Evidence of the acquisition of enslaved individuals from slave traders and other enslavers can be found among the Estate and plantation records and the Business records of merchants and individuals involved in enslavement.
The main source of information in the NRS (national records scotland) for events and conditions on plantations is estate papers of landowners in Scotland who owned plantations in the colonies. Letters, inventories and, occasionally, estate plans in these collections are an excellent source for researching the lives of enslaved persons on plantations in the colonies, their living conditions and the general attitude towards slavery and the slave trade
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/slavery-and-the-slave-trade