Just in case some of the Scots-L members are interested, I thought I
would post this email that I recieved yesterday.
I'll have to record it ( it'll be on at 11:00pm here on the E. Coast
work comes early. )
Later;
Keith Dunn
Was Burns a racist? Just before his Kilmarnock edition came out - his first
collection of poems - he hoped that the money from it would be enough to
start a new life in Jamaica as a 'Negro-driver', a slave owner. Was it a
case of, 'A man's a man for a that - exept negroes'? Did he change his
Jack Campin wrote:
Peter Williamson, aka "Indian Peter", who went on to set up a postal
service and published the first postal directory of Edinburgh. See
Kay's "Edinburgh Portraits", or pretty much any book about 18th century
Edinburgh, he was a very well-known character. He turned into
PUBLICITY RELEASE
Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews, Thursday 8th February, 7.30pm.
A concert of Scottish, French, Italian and Spanish music of mainly the 17th
and 18th centuries for lutes, guitars, percussion and dance. Rob MacKillop
is recognised internationally as the foremost interpreter of
But most importantly: FREE WINE!!!
Guid wine or naw?
COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crown Malt Inspector
Provost of the Village of Dunroamin
Regarding the concert and free wine at the Crawford, St Andrew's. Sounds
great, Rob.
In connection with your previous message regarding Burn's as a potential
'Negro driver' - no doubt you are famous with the super portrait of the
Glasgow tobacco merchant Glassford and his family in which one of
Ian Adkins wrote:
But most importantly: FREE WINE!!!
Guid wine or naw?
If it's being poured out of a cardboard box, run! :-)
Toby
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Surely to try to brand Burns a "Racist" is to apply a totally inappropriate
modern/retrospective assessment of him? I'd have no problem with questionong
whether Burns was involved in/interested in/happy about slavery; but to use
the word "Racist" seems to me to fail to take any account of the
John said:
When I looked over the multipage ad flyer that was sent out listing
all the performers and events at the Glasgow Celtic Connections, I
was VERY surprised to note that tho there were lots of fiddlers
performing there wasn't a single fiddle workshop!!! Yes, I believe
there was
David asked:
Do I take it, basically, that Peter Buchan's notes to his Ballads in
1828 are as badly researched as they are badly written? Williamson's
story, and Buchan's notes, bear hallmarks of exaggeration and maybe the
magistrates of Aberdeen were quite right to burn his book.
Peter
In a message dated 1/16/01 3:09:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
In Maryland, at least, they are beautifully indexed, so you're not hunting
needles in haystacks looking for reference to your folks.
I'm in Maryland, but my Grandfather lived most of his life in
Are you really comparing being a Negro-driver to working for a brokerage
firm? That latter might be closer to being an exiseman. But a slave owner?
OK, maybe you were only kidding...
Rob
I was kidding... though as I think about it now it's not entirely off-base, since in
the
context of
Ian Adkins wrote:
Toby, it cud be a huge balloon or melon, it dinna matter nane, it's o they
spigots A'm afeart! :P
Groan... That was bad! :-)
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