Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past: The Caribbean Connection

'Scottish history has been subjected to sustained revision over the past generation. Many uncomfortable episodes and themes have been exposed but the one major exception has been the nation's involvement in slavery. This superb collection opens the field to intense academic scrutiny, suggests new areas of investigation and invites a long overdue national conversation.' Ewen Cameron, Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh 'T. M. Devine's impressive team of scholars confirms, individually and collectively, the pervasive and ubiquitous influence of Scots and Scotland on the shaping of Atlantic slavery. This pioneering volume also has a resonance far beyond slavery, for the essays underline the impact of slavery on Scotland itself. Here is a book which ultimately demands a broader reappraisal of modern Scottish history.' James Walvin, author of Crossings. Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade The first book to strip away