Known as the Redlegs, they are the direct descendants of the Scots transported to Barbados by Cromwell after the Civil War. Scottish author and broadcaster Chris Dolan went to meet them to discover why they are still here 350 years later, what they know about their roots, and what their prospects are today when they are the poorest community on the island.
Chris speaks to leading historians in Barbados and Scotland about how their ancestors were treated when they first arrived. Was their plight as severe as that of the black slaves from Africa? Nearly two centuries after emancipation, this Redleg community has yet to find a role on the island, where it is damned by association with the days of slavery. could there yet be a hopeful future for this lost Scottish tribe?
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"Barbados has a special place in the Irish imagination as the fantasy holiday destination. But 15 miles away from the main resorts there's a community called the 'Redlegs', directly descended from the Irish, sent by Cromwell in the 1650's as indentured servants to provide free labor for the new money-making machine of the sugar plantations. This documentary tells the story of the plight of these forced transportees who were treated at first as badly as the African slaves" RTE Christmas guide.
