Scottish and Irish Indentured Workers: The Forgotten Forced Migration

One of 13 entries · EAST AFRICAN SLAVE ROUTES + CONTEMPORARY BLACK CULINARY RECLAMATION + ITALIAN REGIONAL DEEP

I · Origin

The narrative of Caribbean and American plantation labour focuses primarily on enslaved Africans — with good reason, given the scale and brutality of that system. But a less-discussed forced migration also shaped the culinary culture of the early American colonies and Caribbean: the transportation of Scottish and Irish indentured workers, political prisoners, and convicted felons to Barbados, Virginia, and other colonies in the 17th century. The specific term "Barbadosed" entered the English language as a verb meaning to be transported against one's will.

II · Description

The Scottish/Irish forced migration to the Caribbean and its culinary consequences.

III · The Thread

West African slave trade (parallel forced migration — different ethnic group, different legal status), Indian indentured labour (same post-abolition pattern), convict transportation to Australia (same

I Preparation II Seasonal III Pastry Technique IV Heat Application V Pantry VI Wet Heat VII Flavour Building VIII Global Breakfast Proteins Mains IX Grains And Dough X Sauce Making

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