Why read Slaves and Highlanders?

Book cover of Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean

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Shortlisted for the 2021 Highland Book Prize

Explores the prominent role of Highland Scots in the slavery industry of the cotton, sugar and coffee plantations of the 18th and 19th centuries

Scots were involved in every stage of the slave trade: from captaining slaving ships to auctioning captured Africans in…

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1 author picked Slaves and Highlanders as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Donald S. Murray

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Of all the books connected to the Highlands and Islands I have read over the past few years, this is undoubtedly the one that made me feel most uncomfortable.

However, it was also powerful and enlightening, showing how the people in this locality – like many others – profited from the slave trade yet were sometimes victims of those involved in its cruelty and hardship. A fascinating and enlightening read.

From Donald's list on The best books about the Scottish Highlands and Islands.