flora macdonald

Flora MacDonald (1722-1790) played a role in two different revolutions, first in Scotland and later in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. She was most famously known for hiding Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) to avoid being captured by government troops after the Battle of Culloden (1746), and of course putting her own life at risk. And later, she and her husband, through the offer of land in North Carolina, arrived just before the Revolutionary War commenced, and were on the British side. You will also learn of the change in the Scottish Clan system,  and how that impacted her life and prompted the family to leave Scotland. But through all of these adventures, she shines as an amazing woman and a fierce supporter of various causes.

About Jim Ambuske, Ph.D.:  Is a Historian and Senior Producer at R2 Studios, the podcast division of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Ambuske received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in 2016, with his expertise in the American Revolution, Scotland, and the British Atlantic World,  Prior to joining R2 Studios, Ambuske worked at the Center for Digital History at the Washington Library at George Washington's Mount Vernon. He also was a Horatio and Florence Farmer Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities (Univ. of Virginia Law Library). He is currently working on a book about emigration from Scotland in the era of the American Revolution. Follow him on Twitter @jamespambuske and learn more at www.jamespambuske.com

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NOTE: The character of Flora MacDonald appears in the Outlander Series, Season 6, Episode 5.

Photo credit: Artist: Allan Ramsay, Image from Wikimedia Commons, public domain. 

In travelling around the north of Skye, you will be standing in some of most stunning scenery in Scotland. The Trotternish ridge  is breath-taking and as you visit the high cliff at Kilt Rock, you will also hear of prehistoric monster fossils found on a beach nearby.

You will visit the Skye museum of Island Life and hear how people lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nearby is the resting place of Flora Macdonald, a Scottish heroine, who is well remembered for her part in saving the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie. There are ruined castles and ghost stories and all set in the most picturesque landscape.