Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia

By Anthony W. Parker

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820319155
• ISBN13: 9780820319155
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.3" x 0.8"