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Lord Seaforth : highland landowner, Carribbean governor / Finlay McKichan.
LIBRA DA810.M33 M35 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKichan, Finlay, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mackenzie, Francis Humberton, Lord Seaforth, 1754-1815.
- Mackenzie, Francis Humberton.
- Landowners--Scotland--Biography.
- Landowners.
- Legislators--Scotland--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Plantation owners--Guyana--Berbice.
- Plantation owners.
- Governors--Guyana--Berbice.
- Governors.
- Guyana--Berbice.
- Scotland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Early Days p. 1
- 2 Land Management and Clanship in the 1780s and 1790s p. 17
- 3 Riches from the Sea? p. 46
- 4 Lifestyle, Debts and First Land Sales p. 65
- 5 Local and National Politician, 1783-1800 p. 95
- 6 The Soldier Chief p. 117
- 7 Governor and Captain General p. 137
- 8 Slave Owner in Berbice p. 173
- 9 Seaforth's Great Matter: the Rights of Enslaved Labourers and Free People of Colour p. 198
- 10 Martial Law, a Governor's Crisis p. 222
- 11 Return to Britain, 1806-11 p. 237
- 12 Shadows Lengthen p. 260.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1474438482
- 9781474438483
- 9781474438476
- 1474438474
- OCLC:
- 1039936395
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