Scottish Genealogy

Leith links to slavery The first recorded Leith ship to sail to the Americas was the 'Job'. She returned to Leith from Virginia in March 1667 with 20,500lb of l...eaf tobacco, consigned to two Edinburgh merchants. During the early 18th century several vessels sailed out of Leith every year, heading for the 'New World', usually docking at Charleston, New York, Boston, Jamaica or Grenada. William Alexander, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1753, owned four such ships, although this was not purely the domain of the wealthy, as regular citizens looking to invest would group together to purchase ships. These would return to Leith carrying cargo of rum, muscovado sugar, rice, indigo, mahogany, sago powder and tobacco a trade that was only possible thanks to vast numbers of enslaved Africans forced into cheap labour. Scotland's tobacco came almost exclusively from Virginia. By the end of the 18th century, Virginia's enslaved population had increased from 20,000 to some 395,000. Because the islands concentrated on the production of one or two key crops, the inhabitants of the West Indies were forced to import all necessary and personal goods. Exports from the Port of Leith to North America and West Indies are recorded to include 'negroes clothing', linens, household furniture, glass bottles, leather shoes, smiths and joiners tools, bricks and carriages.

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Every Friday, we bring you our #ScottishWordOfTheWeek! This week's word is... greet! This means to cry and weep or moan and complain about something. And a greetin' face is a crybaby. Example sentence: "Whit you greetin’ aboot!" In this sentence, whit means what and aboot means about.

The Forth Bridges in South Queensferry in one photo.

Every Friday, we bring you our #ScottishWordOfTheWeek! This week's word is... gallus! This is used to describe someone who is very cheeky and overconfident or bold and flashy. Example sentence: "He's pure gallus, that yin." In this sentence, pure means very and yin means one.

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The Scottish Highlands and the Appalachians are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains. Remnants of this massive mountain rang...e include the Appalachian Mountains of North America, the Little Atlas of Morocco, Africa, Ireland, much of the Scottish Highlands and part of Scandinavia. (Reived from another group so not my research)

From this place words fly The birth of the printed word in Scotland began in Edinburgh on 15 September 1507, when James IV granted Walter Chepman, an Edinburgh ...merchant, and his business partner Androw Myllar, a bookseller, the first royal licence for printing in Scotland. On 4 April 1508, the earliest surviving dated book in Scotland, ‘The Complaint of the Black Knight’ by John Lydgate, was printed near the Cowgate. Some of the most famous moments in printing history happened in Edinburgh, including the publication of the revolutionary English-language Geneva Bible in 1572 by Bassendyne printers in Fountain Close, which preceded the King James Bible by 51 years. Newspapers have also flourished in Edinburgh. The Scotsman was founded in 1817, and has reported on events including the trial of Burke and Hare, Zeppelin bombs landing on the Grassmarket, and the opening of the new Scottish Parliament. Join us this Thursday to celebrate Edinburgh’s literary past with guests including writer Ian Rankin. Plus take advantage of our limited new member and ticket bundle offers: www.ewh.org.uk/get-involved/events

Every Friday, we bring you our #ScottishWordOfTheWeek! This week's word is... sleekit! This is mostly used to describe someone or something of a sly, cunning an...d deceptive nature. However, it can also be used to describe something that is smooth. Example sentence: "They're too sleekit for my liking." See more

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