Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. In the aftermath of the English Civil War, for example, Oliver Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England, and the West Indies. These exiles, together with a stream of petty criminals, formed a sizable proportion of the Scottish population of colonial America. Mr. Dobson here furnishes a list of these banished Scots, the ancestors of thousands of Americans living ...
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Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. In the aftermath of the English Civil War, for example, Oliver Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England, and the West Indies. These exiles, together with a stream of petty criminals, formed a sizable proportion of the Scottish population of colonial America. Mr. Dobson here furnishes a list of these banished Scots, the ancestors of thousands of Americans living today. For each person cited in this directory, some or all of the following information is provided: name, occupation, place of residence in Scotland, place of capture and captivity, parent's name, date and cause of banishment, name of the ship sailing to the colonies, and date and place of arrival in the colonies.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. 0806310359. Clean except for a prior owner's name on the front endpaper along with a checkmark and corner crease on page 98; binding square and secure, hard cover only a bit softened at spine ends and showing one small droplet mark at the top front, otherwise well-kept. 239pp.
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Good. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Like New. Size: 5x0x8; Second printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. vii, 239 p., map, ill., 22 cm. "Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. In the aftermath of the English Civil War, for example, Oliver Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England, and the West Indies. The Covenanter Risings of the later 17th century led to around 1, 700 Scots being expelled as enemies of the state, and the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 resulted in an additional 1, 600 men, women, and children being banished to the colonies."
