Déshan Osborne: "Duels, Rebellions and Slave Children: Aberdonians in the Ceded Islands, 1763-1800"
Abstract:
On the 7th October 1763, at the end of the Seven Years’ or French and Indian War, the West Indian islands of Dominica, the Grenadines, Tobago, Grenada and Saint Vincent, along with East and West Florida were ceded by the treaty of Paris to British control.
In the years that followed, these colonies and territories experienced a surge of emigration from the North-East region of Scotland. In this talk I will explore the lives of two of these settlers – and of their mixed race children whose mothers were African slaves – found hidden within the archives of the Special Collections Library. From an infamous duel with the National Hero of Saint Vincent, to the lost inheritance of another, Scotland’s relationship to Empire at the end of the eighteenth century is echoed by the lives of these Aberdonians and their families.
Date and Time: Thursday, 24 October 2019. 18:00 - 19:00
Location: The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Bedford Road, Aberdeen AB24 3AA
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Eventbrite - University of Aberdeen Museums, University of Aberdeen presents Talk: Duels, rebellions and slave children: Aberdonians in the Ceded Island - Thursday, 24 October 2019 at The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City. Find event and ticket information. |
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/15325/
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