Lord Seaforth: Highland Landowner, Caribbean Governor

ISBN-13: 9781474438483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str.

Finlay McKichan

Opis

This is the first full-length study of Seaforth. Drawing on an extensive archival research in Scotland, England and Barbados, Finlay McKichan links important themes in Scottish and imperial history to show how far the principles and policies developed for the Highlands could be applied in slave societies.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Early Days; 2. Land Management and Clanship in the 1780s and 1790s; 3. Riches from the Sea?; 4. Lifestyle, Debts and First Land Sales; 5. Local and National Politician, 1783-1800; 6. The Soldier Chief; 7. Governor and Captain General; 8. Slave Owner in Berbice; 9. Seaforth’s Great Matter: the Rights of Enslaved Labourers and Free People of Colour; 10. Martial Law, a Governor’s Crisis; 11. Return to Britain, 1806-11; 12. Shadows Lengthen (including Postscript and Final Conclusions); Bibliography; Index