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Source: BBC Radio Scotland Tuesday 9 May 1130-1200

Roundup

5-9-06

Human Cargo [audio 26min]

Famine victims, Covenanters, Jacobites: Chris Dolan explores the many stories of Scots shipped and sold to Barbados as servants, and how they became part of the poor white 'redleg' community which still exists on the island today.

Read entire article at BBC Radio Scotland Tuesday 9 May 1130-1200