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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Early history === | === Early history === | ||
The [[potato]], which was first grown in [[South America]], | The [[potato]], which was first grown in [[South America]], was brought from the West Indies to [[England]] by [[Spanish]] [[sailor]]s. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Gunpowder Plot (video game)}}) | ||
In 1746, the [[English]] solicitor [[Grey (The Highlanders)|Grey]] led a scheme in that year to transplant [[Scot]]s there under the false impression that they would be able to work off their passage after seven years of labour. In fact, the Scots were really being made [[slavery|slaves]] to work [[plantation]]s there. Had not the [[Second Doctor]] intervened, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Ben Jackson]] would have both ended up in the West Indies as slaves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | In 1746, the [[English]] solicitor [[Grey (The Highlanders)|Grey]] led a scheme in that year to transplant [[Scot]]s there under the false impression that they would be able to work off their passage after seven years of labour. In fact, the Scots were really being made [[slavery|slaves]] to work [[plantation]]s there. Had not the [[Second Doctor]] intervened, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Ben Jackson]] would have both ended up in the West Indies as slaves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | ||
