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Transatlantic Threads shows how studying the making, use and meaning of a relatively low-cost, utilitarian cloth like linen, broadens our understanding of eighteenth-century Scotland and the wider Atlantic world. Different types of linen cloth were used across society everyday: from fine shirts worn by the rich, to coarse aprons worn by labourers; from expensive bed sheets, to canvas used for ships' sails. Eighteenth-century linen production was a Scottish economic success story, with thousands of people working to produce millions of yards of yarn and woven cloth. It was also how Scots became inextricably linked with transatlantic trade and the slavery economy, as the desire to capture the colonial market was a key driver for developing coarse linen production.
Using a material commodity to explore everyday experiences of ordinary people, particularly women, non-elite and enslaved people, Transatlantic Threads examines the cultural and social significance of linen in Scottish and transatlantic society.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Note on Language
List of Illustrations
Maps
Tables
Introduction: The Making, Movement and Meaning of Linen
1. Linen in Scottish Society
2. Cloth, Control and Commerce
3. The British Linen Company and the Transatlantic Trade
4. Linen and the Atlantic
5. Scottish Cloth and Enslaved People in the Chesapeake
6. Material Meanings
Conclusion: The Legacies of Scottish Linen
Appendix I: Stamped Linen, 1728-1780
Appendix II: Cargo of the Dove, 1742
Appendix III: Suppliers and Manufacturers for the Dove
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
