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

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