Africa

Question 1

Africa - Key Themes

Answer 1

• Soldiers
• Missionaries/Religion
• Slave Trade
• Transplanted Communities

Question 2

Africa - Historical Context

Answer 2

• When; Second half 1800s, first Scottish Association 1870, BMH
• How Many; 20% migrants at end of 19th, BMH
• Who; “the skilled tended to head for the US and South Africa.” BMH

Question 3

Africa - Soldiers

Answer 3

• “migrants who come to dominate, rather than assimilate.” BMH
• Asante War, 1873-4, first time Scottish regiment engaged in Africa front line, BMH

Question 4

Africa - Transplanted Communities

Answer 4

• Caledonian societies, “could be found in all major population centres and continued to spread to many smaller ones.” Kenya & Nigeria, BMH
• Modern day Malawi, Blantyre, 1876, BMH

Question 5

Africa - Missionaries/Religion

Answer 5

• Disruption, 1843, Free promoted, competition that drove up
• Free Church, mid 1800s, 13-Kaffaria, 14-Transkei, 5-Natal, total 144 missionaries, BMH
• Mary Slessor, Calabar, “Often depicted as one of the principal heroines of missionary endeavour in Africa.” MacKenzie

Question 6

Africa - Slave Trade

Answer 6

• “At least five Scots were responsible for the management of Liverpool slaving firms.” Hancock
• Robert Gordon, Moray, 1745-69, 18 slaving expeditions to West Africa, BMH
• “Actively contributing to the alteration of the human landscape in Africa, as well as influencing slave trading practices.” BMH