Dear Jeff,
Didn't know that - thank you! I'll see if the library has a copy or snag it on Abes. Would be interesting to know the conclusion they reached.
Kind regards,
Nelson
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PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
History, School of Humanities
University of Glasgow
'Runaway Slaves in Britain: Bondage, Race and Freedom in the Eighteenth Century'
Twitter: @NelsonHistory
Personal blog: www.peculiaritiesinthepress.wordpress.com/
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From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jeffrey Green [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 November 2017 15:25
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Subject: Re: runaway slave, Scotland
An aspect of black slavery in Scotland seems to have been noted purely from an American perspective.
Millie-Christine McKoy was born North Carolina in 1851 to enslaved parents. Millie and and Christine shared a single pelvis - sort of 'Siamese twins'. They (she?) went on show around America and in 1855 came to Britain. In 1857 they returned, with their mother Monemia. When in Scotland Monemia McKoy, a slave under US law, gave birth to another daughter (named Elvy). A South Carolina newspaper asked if the free-born (because born in no-slavery Scotland) daughter of an enslaved American could be classified as a slave when in the USA. And did Monemia McKoy break American law on slave trafficking by bringing a free-born child to the U.S.A.?
Joanne Martell's "Millie-Christine : Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" was published by John F Blair, Publisher, Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2000. Copes are available - the ABE BOOKS website lists several at £10 or under including postage.
Best wishes
Jeff Green
On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 12:45 PM, MSherwood <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
From what I read re that over-expensive book by Jane Humphreys, on Childhood and Child Labour many White children working in mines, factories, et al in the UK were not much better off than the officially enslaved Black children well into the 19th century.
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Sent: 26 November 2017 12:11
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Subject: Re: runaway slave, Scotland
Interested to see there was a film about black escapers. However, not sure how many people know that slavery for white people (poor, of course) remained from the 16th century (can't be bothered to find the exact year) until 1799 in Scotland, despite the Joseph Knight case which, after two appeals, when the (black) Knight established the principle that Scots would not uphold the institution of slavery. Well, yes, maybe not for black people but white people remained enslaved, with collars proclaiming ownership, etc. Suspect there are no films about white fugitives.
Kathy
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Sent: 26 November 2017 11:48
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Dear Peter,
It is a fantastic short, and we're really proud of Morayo and Moyo! The story is partly influenced by Ann, an escapee from up here who had a collar like the one made in the film. Hopefully the recognition for 1745 will get to the stage where they can do a full length film (but either way I think the sisters will be successful in the industry!).
The blog post about the escaped enslaved can be found here: http://runaways.gla.ac.uk/blog/
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Thanks Marika!
Kind regards,
Nelson
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PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
History, School of Humanities
University of Glasgow
'Runaway Slaves in Britain: Bondage, Race and Freedom in the Eighteenth Century'
Twitter: @NelsonHistory
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Sent: 25 November 2017 16:27
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Subject: Re: runaway slave, Scotland
Thanks for this.
Has everyone see the short film 1745, about two runaway Black sisters in the Scottish Highlands. Made in Scotland, it premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year and has been winning awards and short-listings in festivals since. We are waiting for its publication on DVD soon.
Peter
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On 25 Nov 2017, at 08:30, MSherwood <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote:
A PhD student in Glasgow has found an advertisement for ‘a Black Slave Run away… a native of the East Indies, called Caesar….’ Caledonian Mercury, 22 June 1771
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