"Indian Peter" is the true history of Peter Williamson, kidnapped as a young boy in Aberdeen towards the middle of the 18th century and sold into slavery in America, and of his quest for just revenge on those who robbed him of his childhood. The germ of the narrative is the court action, which Williamson brings against those responsible. Rosemary Linnell has carefully studied and sifted the available historical sources, among them the court cases preserved in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, and Williamson's own published pamphlets detailing his experiences. His story is told with authentic detail and a vibrancy that vividly brings to life the period after the Jacobite Rebellion with all its raw excitement and brutality. The experiences of the 'slaves' by the dock-side in Aberdeen and later, on board the transporter vessel, is evoked with remarkable intensity; as is Peter's horrific period of captivity among Red Indians; however the search for evidence and the intricacies of the legal cases prove more exhausting for Peter than anything he has hitherto encountered.
Rosemary Linnell presents Peter's remarkable story with a clarity and sympathy that readers will find totally engaging.
- ISBN10 185776949X
- ISBN13 9781857769494
- Publish Date 8 February 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 January 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Book Guild Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Language English