Stowe’s sunny memories of Highland slavery
Journal: Manchester University Press eBooks
Year: 2018

Sunny Memories was written after Harriet Beecher Stowe had been made aware of the charges against the Sutherlands. The Duchess of Sutherland had entertained Stowe lavishly on her visit to Britain, presenting her with a gold bangle in the shape of a slave's shackle. Having written off the Highlanders as barbaric remnants of a past age Duchess sketches the future in an account of a visit to cottages at Dryburgh. Letter XVII is entirely devoted to a defence of the Duchess, with Stowe extolling the