Kamala Harris’s slave-owning Scottish ancestor who founded town in Jamaica

Kamala Harris has emerged as the favourite to take on Donald Trump in the US Presidential election later this year. The Vice-President has already been endorsed by Joe Biden, who announced on Sunday he would no longer seek re-election after a series of gaffes raised concerns about his health.It already promises to be one of the bitterest elections in American history with the assassination attempt on Trump, 78, earlier this month shocking the world. Harris, who at 59 is nearly 20 years younger than her potential Republican rival, is the early favourite to be the Democrat pick and is already working to secure the nomination.If she were to run, it would mean two Americans of Scottish descent battling for the keys to the White House. Trump’s mother was famously from the Isle of Lewis and the former reality TV star-turned-politician, who was the occupant of the Oval Office from 2017 to 2021, still holds great affection for the country.Perhaps less well-known is the fact Harris has a famous Scottish ancestor. Her economist father, Donald J Harris, is said to be a descendant of Hamilton Brown, a plantation owner, slave owner and politician who lived much of his life in Jamaica....