Papers relating to the history and genealogy of the Gordon family, compiled by John Malcolm Bulloch

Title: Papers relating to the history and genealogy of the Gordon family, compiled by John Malcolm Bulloch

Description: Within the extensive collection of 230 volumes and 47 boxes of 'Gordoniana' is Gordons in the West Indies:
MS 3051/4/43 Compilation of newscuttings, letters and other notes, including 2 series of articles: 'The Making of the West Indies: the Gordons as colonists' published in the Banffshire Advertiser in 1913-14, analysing the papers of the Slave Compensation Commission (following the Act of 1833 for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies), and 'A Portsoy family as Empire builders - Pioneers in Tobago', published in the Banffshire Herald. 1 vol., c300 pages, c.1913-1928.
MS 3051/1/13/3-4 are manuscript submissions of the serialised articles noted above, 2 files of 37 and 36 pages.

Strengths: The collection provides information about the involvement of Scots in the slave trade, particularly with regard to slave ownership in Tobago.

Size: 1 volume; 3 files

Catalogue: Epixtech/Dynix Online Public Access Catalogue

Catalogue URL: http://webpac.qmlib.abdn.ac.uk/webpac.html

Main URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/

Access: The collection is open for consultation to all bona fide visitors on signing a register accepting conditions of use. All archival and most printed material is non-borrowable. Opening hours = Monday to Friday 0930 to 1630.

Acquisition dates: 1939

Note:

Interest: Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Trade

Slavery

Imperialism

Colonialism

Personal/Corporate names

Slave Compensation Commission

Places

Trinidad and Tobago