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The Ship of the People (Scottish Gaelic: Soitheach nan daoine) is a moniker given to the Irish ship William, which played a key role in a Scottish human trafficking scandal in 1739, when over a hundred men, women and children were kidnapped from the Hebrides with the intention of selling them as indentured servants in The Thirteen Colonies. The scheme was devised by Norman MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of Clan MacLeod, who was in deep debt at the time, and Sir Alexander MacDonald, chief of Clan MacDonald of Sleat, and was carried out by tacksman Norman MacLeod of Unish and skipper William Davidson. En route to America, a landing in Ireland was made, where several victims attempted to escape, alerting local authorities and attracting the attention of the British government. MacLeod and MacDonal

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  • The Ship of the People (Scottish Gaelic: Soitheach nan daoine) is a moniker given to the Irish ship William, which played a key role in a Scottish human trafficking scandal in 1739, when over a hundred men, women and children were kidnapped from the Hebrides with the intention of selling them as indentured servants in The Thirteen Colonies. The scheme was devised by Norman MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of Clan MacLeod, who was in deep debt at the time, and Sir Alexander MacDonald, chief of Clan MacDonald of Sleat, and was carried out by tacksman Norman MacLeod of Unish and skipper William Davidson. En route to America, a landing in Ireland was made, where several victims attempted to escape, alerting local authorities and attracting the attention of the British government. MacLeod and MacDonal (en)
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  • The Ship of the People (Scottish Gaelic: Soitheach nan daoine) is a moniker given to the Irish ship William, which played a key role in a Scottish human trafficking scandal in 1739, when over a hundred men, women and children were kidnapped from the Hebrides with the intention of selling them as indentured servants in The Thirteen Colonies. The scheme was devised by Norman MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of Clan MacLeod, who was in deep debt at the time, and Sir Alexander MacDonald, chief of Clan MacDonald of Sleat, and was carried out by tacksman Norman MacLeod of Unish and skipper William Davidson. En route to America, a landing in Ireland was made, where several victims attempted to escape, alerting local authorities and attracting the attention of the British government. MacLeod and MacDonald successfully denied involvement in the incident and escaped prosecution, while the victims of the scheme were set free and mainly settled in Ireland for the remainder of the lives. (en)
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