----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nichol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:02 PM Subject: [NICHOL] History of Skye > I am reading the book, History of Skye, by Alexander Nicolson, 2nd > edition, 1994, edited by Dr. Alasdair Maclean, Maclean Press, Isle of > Skye. > > Of possible interest: > > "At Worcester, on the 3rd of September, 1651, the Highland Bridage had > to bear the full brunt of the onslaught of Cromwell's forces... Those > who were taken prisoners in the battle were consigned as slaves to the > plantations of America." (p.93) > > "[I]n 1739...kidnapping of young men and women, in Skye and elsewhere, > with the intention of selling them as slaves in the America colonies." > (p.141) > > > > ==== NICHOL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >