Marenka Thompson-odlum (University of Glasgow) Glassford's Virginia: Imagining the Scottish Diaspora in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Bay

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The Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop takes place at 1-2 pm in G16 in the William Robertson Wing of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Doorway 4 of the Old Medical School). 

• 3 October:       Marenka Thompson-odlum (University of Glasgow)

Glassford's Virginia: Imagining the Scottish Diaspora in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Bay

According to records, 18th century Glaswegian Tobacco Lord, John Glassford, never actually visited Virginia but his family portrait contains visual clues which relate to his interests managed by Scottish agents. Marenka Thompson-odlum examines the Scottish Diaspora in mid-18th century Virginia.To what extent was Glassford's vision imagined?How did it affect his relationship with his factors?