A Scottish Jamaican is a Jamaican with Scottish ancestry. Scottish Jamaicans include those of European and mixed Asian and African ancestry with Scottish ancestors, and date back to the earliest period of post-Spanish, European colonisation.
An early influx of Scots came in 1656, when 1200 prisoners of war were deported by Oliver Cromwell.[1] There was also a later migration at the turn of the 18th century, after the failed Darien colony in Panama.[1] In 1707, when the Act of Union took place, Scots gained access to England's preexisting colonies.
People of Scottish Jamaican descent [edit]
- William Davidson (conspirator), radical[2]
- Harry J, record producer
- Colin Powell, American general, of Scottish Jamaican parentage[3][4]
- Mary Seacole whose father was a Scottish soldier
- Gil Scott-Heron, late American soul and jazz poet
- Robert Wedderburn[5]
- Goldie, British-born disc jockey of Scottish and Jamacian parentage
- Stewart Faulkner, British born retired athlete of Jamacian and Cuban parentage
- Douglas Family, descendents of William Douglas, who purchased land from Lord Sutton and renamed town now known as "Douglas Castle", in Saint Ann Parish.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/online/scottish_jamaica_testaments.htm
- ^ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRdavidson.htm
- ^ Branigan, Tania (2004-05-12). "Colin Powell claims Scottish coat of arms". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0420.htm#ColinPowellsScottishAncestry
- ^ Chase, Malcolm (2008). Wedderburn, Robert (1762–1835/6?). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press . Retrieved on 17 August 2008.
Further reading [edit]
- Besson, Jean Martha Brae's two histories: European expansion and Caribbean culture-building in Jamaica (The Scottish and Creole planters around Martha Brae - Google books version)
- Karras, Alan L. Sojourners in the Sun: Scottish Migrants in Jamaica and the Chesapeake, 1740-1800 (Google books version)
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