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Slaves and Highlanders by David Alston5/11/2023 An informative book based solidly in research but immensely accessible.” From his local, Cromarty, base the author engages forcefully with major historiographical debates relating to Scottish participation in the slave economy and challenges presentations of this in tourist literature and major heritage institutions. Alexander McCall Smith, novelist, librettist, playwright, poet and polymath, was awarded the 2022 Saltire Society Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Scottish literature.ĭavid Alston’s Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean, which won the Saltire Society History Book of the Year before going on to claim the overall Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year prize, was described by the judges as “The best book to date on Scottish involvement in chattel slavery and the impact of the gains from this on Highland Scotland. David Alston’s Slaves & Highlanders and Alexander McCall Smith - Winners at 2022 Scotland’s National Book Awardsĭavid Alston received the prestigious Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award for his Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean (published by Edinburgh University Press).
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