Survey led me down a new avenue discovering that salt pan workers, by an act of 1660, were bound to their workplace. “It was felt that if workers were free to leave such harsh working conditions to seek employment elsewhere, it would be difficult to find replacements.

So much to explore! This is not about rewriting history but about rediscovering different histories. I’ll let you know how I get on.. #Colonialism#Scotland#Burns#Ayrshire