Scottish History and Culture Can’t Be Subsumed By Europe and Britain. Rediscovering My Scottish Roots

Raised in Scotland County, North Carolina, with Scottish ancestry on my father’s side, I’ve had an interest in Scottish history and culture since I was a wee lad. “The woods are filled with kinfolk or God-blessed Macks,” my father used to say. But how and why did all those Scots come to North America, specifically to North Carolina? When did they abando…