Scots Involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Scotland's involvement in the transatlantic trade
Scotland's economy in the 17th century was largely based on cattle farming and agriculture with limited trade to the west indies and the Americas. In the 17th century famine was common, particularly between 1620 and 1625. The invasions of the English in the 1640s had a catastrophic consequence for the Sco…
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