The stonemason : Donald Macleod's chronicle of Scotland's Highland Clearances
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, waves of tenant evictions swept through northern Scotland in what would become known as the Highland Clearances.
History
xii, 125 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm
9780275969479, 0275969479
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ForewordPrefaceIntroductionThe Early Years: 1800-1811The Years of Burning:1812-1814The Trial of Patrick Sellar and Afterwards: 1815-1816Further Clearances: 1818-1820Life by the Sea and Problems with LivestockA Royal Visit, Clergymen, and Another Book: 1822Lady Stafford's visits, the Debt, and a Return Home: 1827-1830The Macleods are Cleared: 1831-1834New Houses, New Titles, and a Memorial Statue: 1832-1834Crop Failures and Attempts at Relief: 1836-1837Further Taxes, Another Death, And Macleod's First Writings: 1838-1839Macleod's Continued Writings and the Durness Riots: 1840-1841AfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex