Is Black Jack Randall Real
His stay of execution from the hangman’s noose came at a high cost — quality time with his nemesis, Black Jack Randall, the man responsible for the scars on his back and the price on his head. Has there ever been a more hateable character in all of television than Outlander 's Jonathan 'Black Jack' Randall?The answer to that is simple: No. He is truly the worst of the worst. Jack Randall may refer to: Jack Randall (boxer) (1794-1828), British boxer; Jack Randall (actor) (Addison Randall, 1906-1945), American actor; Jack Randall (footballer) (born 1992) Jack Randall (ichthyologist) Jack Randall, main character in Spares by Michael Marshall Smith; Jack Randall (character), from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series; See also.
Outlander may have bid farewell to evil villain Captain Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall (played by Tobias Menzies) but some fans have been wondering about him. The character died at the Battle of Culloden after he was slain by Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). During the three seasons he featured on the Starz show, he proved to be the most dangerous and violent.
Was Captain Black Jack Randall a real person?
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from the Outlander TV series and Diana Gabaldon’s novels
Black Jack was a looming figure in seasons one to three of Outlander as he terrorised Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) and her husband Jamie.
The character’s cruelty and sadistic ways knew no bounds as he used rape and violence to control others.
Season one featured a horrific sexual assault as Black Jack raped and tortured Jamie in a harrowing and prolonged ordeal.
Jamie was left broken and a shell of the man he used to be, loathed to the touch of his wife after Black Jack used psychological means to harm the Highlander as well as physical.
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But how much is the character rooted in reality and how much was borne from US author Diana Gabaldon’s imagination?
Black Jack Randall Real Name
According to Screen Rant, Gabaldon didn’t base Black Jack on any real-life historical figures unlike Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) and other Jacobite Lords.
Outlander also featured some real figures including the Duke of Sandringham (Simon Callow) and Bonnie Prince Charlie (Andrew Gower).
The character of Jamie was inspired by an account Gabaldon read with the writer previously telling National Geographic in 2014: “I was reading a book for research called the Prince in the Heather, by Eric Linklater, which described what happened after Culloden.
“It said that, following the battle, 19 wounded Jacobite officers took refuge in the farmhouse by the side of the field.
“There they lay for two days with their wounds, unattended in pain. At the end of that time they were taken out and shot, except one man, a Fraser of the Master of Lovet’s regiment, who survived the slaughter.
“And I was thinking that if I expect Jamie to survive Culloden then his last name better be Fraser.”
The real-life Battle of Culloden did happen was depicted in the show. Historically, there were a number of Redcoats who could fit the bill for Black Jack and his tendencies towards violence and hatred for the Scots.
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Newspaper The Scotsman has suggested several possible candidates who may have been the real-life equivalent of Black Jack.
At the top of the list is Captain Caroline Frederick Scott, who is described by the publication as having a “brutal streak”.
In the book Culloden: Scotland’s Last Battle by historian Trevor Royale, Scott was said to have been led by “visceral dislike of Highlanders” and had a vendetta against Bonnie Prince Charlie.
This Redcoat is said to have roamed the Highlands, pillaging and raping with his men as he went.
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In one account from the laird of Raasay, Scott’s men sexually assaulted a blind woman and two girls.
However, he wasn’t the only one with Captain John Fergusson known for his abuse of prisoners during the 1745 uprising.
Is Black Jack Randall A Real Historical Figure
In a disquieting account from one prisoner Felix O’Neill, he claimed Ferguson “used me with the barbarity of a pirate”.
The prisoner claims he was stripped and whipped which is reminiscent of the punishment Black Jack inflicted on Jamie.
Other Redcoats from history include Major James Lockhart, Colonel Edward Cornwallis and Colonel John Grant.
These figures were known for their partiality for indiscriminate violence both psychical and sexual as well as burning and stealing from their victims.
Outlander season 5 airs on Starz on Sundays and Amazon Prime on Mondays
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