1767-Jan.-07: A report from London detailed a massive colonization project in East Florida involving the recruitment of Scottish Highlanders and 3,000 people…

1767-Jan.-07: A report from London detailed a massive colonization project in East Florida involving the recruitment of Scottish Highlanders and 3,000 people to be bought and held in slavery. A British baronet traveled to Scotland to enlist three hundred mountain dwellers to settle on lands granted by the Crown. The developer considered the large-scale deportation of enslaved Africans “indispensably necessary” to ensure the economic viability of the new venture. This strategy highlights the expansion of the plantation model based on racial slavery into new British territories in North America.