Jacobitism, Enlightenment and Empire, 1680–1820

Taylor & Francis

The essays in this collection examine religion, politics and commerce in Scotland during a time of crisis and turmoil. Contributors look at the effect of the Union on Scottish trade and commerce, the Scottish role in tobacco and sugar plantations, Robert Burns\u2019s early poetry on his planned emigration to Jamaica and Scottish anti-abolitionists. > The essays in this collection examine religion, politics and commerce in Scotland during a time of crisis and turmoil. Contributors look at the effect of the Union on Scottish trade and commerce, the Scottish role in tobacco and sugar plantations, Robert Burns\u2019s early poetry on his planned emigration to Jamaica and Scottish anti-abolitionists. > Introduction: Identity, Mobility and Competing Patriotisms, Allan I. Macinnes, Douglas J. Hamilton; Chapter 1 Jamie the Soldier and the Jacobite Military Threat, 1706\u201327, Daniel Szechi; Chapter 2 Simply a Jacobite Heroine? The Life Experience of Margaret Lady Nairne (1673\u2013174n