 | Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia: The Recruitment, Emigration, and Settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 Subjects: Great Britain. Army -- Scottish regiments -- History -- 18th century; Scottish Americans -- Georgia -- Darien -- History -- 18th century; Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th centuiy; Georgia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -; Between 1735 and 1748 hundreds of young men and their families emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to the Georgia coast to settle and protect the new British colony. These men were recruited by the trustees of the colony and military governor James Oglethorpe, who wanted settlers who were accustomed to hardship, militant in nature, and willing to become frontier farmer-soldiers. In this respect, the Highlanders fit the bill perfectly through training and tradition. ANTHONY W. PARKER is a lecturer in the School of American Studies and the Department of Modern History at the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. |
