Here are some sample articles from Scottish Local History [1].

Scottish Involvement in Caribbean Slavery: Bibliography

This article by Eric J Graham appears in Issue 94 [2], published Spring-Summer 2016.

Download: Scottish Involvement in Caribbean Slavery (PDF 177 KB) [3]

Compensating Scottish Slave Owners

This article by Keith McClelland & Eric J Graham appears in Issue 81 [4], published August 2011.

Download: Compensating Scottish Slave Owners (PDF 310 KB) [5]

Cromwell’s Highland Stronghold: The Sconce of Inverness

This Birlinn prize-winning [6] article by Allan Kennedy appears in issue 106 [7], published Summer 2020.

Download: Cromwell's Highland Stronghold (PDF 278KB) [8]

'The Drifty Days’. A Climate Crisis of 1673-4

This Birlinn prize-winning [6] article by John Harrison appears in issue 107 [9], published Autumn 2020.

Download: The Drifty Days (PDF 194KB) [10]

Alexander Bain: The Real Father of Television?

This article by Ivan S Ruddock appears in Issue 83 [11], published Summer 2012.

Download: Alexander Bain: The Real father of Television? (PDF 538 KB) [12]

'Comics' For The Historian

This article by Eric Simpson appears in Issue 83 [11], published Summer 2012.

Download: 'Comics' For The Historian (PDF 2 MB) [13]

The "Black Minstrelsy in Scotland"

This article by Eric J Graham appears in Issue 80 [14], published February 2011.

Download: The Black Minstrelsy in Scotland (PDF 6.13 MB) [15]
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Stanley Mills – an early factory village

This article by A J Cooke appears in Issue 45 [16], published Spring 1999.

Download: Stanley Mills (PDF 2.5 MB) [17]