Slavery

A Feedback Loop in the Smuggling of Rum Based in Cumbrae, Scotland

Author / Creator: John Parnell

Media type: Article

Date published: 2026

A feedback loop of smuggling alcohol from the Carribean, wealth reinvested in land and slaves in Jamica and inherited by descendents.


Glasgow's Sugar Aristocracy in the British-Atlantic World, 1776-1838

Author / Creator: Stephen Mullen

Media type: Book

Date published: 2022

"Mullen’s fundamental concern is the contribution made by Glasgow’s West India merchant community to economic change in Scotland. By extension, Mullen assesses how enslavement in the Caribbean impacted the Scottish economy. "