The History of the Highland Clearances

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Author

Mackenzie, Alexander, 1838-1898

Title

The History of the Highland Clearances Second Edition, Altered and Revised

Credits

E-text prepared by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Eviction -- Scotland -- Skye, Island of -- History -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51271

Release Date

February 21, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.EDITOR’S PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.SUTHERLAND. — ALEXANDER MACKENZIE ON THE CLEARANCES. [1] — THE REV. DONALD SAGE ON THE SUTHERLAND CLEARANCES. — GENERAL STEWART OF GARTH ON THE SUTHERLAND CLEARANCES. [4] — HUGH MILLER ON THE SUTHERLAND CLEARANCES. [5] — MR JAMES LOCH ON SUTHERLAND IMPROVEMENTS. [6] — MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE ON THE SUTHERLAND CLEARANCES. [7] — REPLY TO MRS. BEECHER STOWE BY DONALD MACLEOD. [8]
6. 6.TRIAL OF PATRICK SELLAR. [10] — THE INDICTMENT.
7. 7.ROSS-SHIRE. — GLENCALVIE. — THE EVICTION OF THE ROSSES. — KINTAIL. — COIGEACH. — STRATHCONON. [13] — THE BLACK ISLE. — THE ISLAND OF LEWIS. — LECKMELM. MR. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE ON THE LECKMELM EVICTIONS. — LOCHCARRON. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS. — THE REV. DR. JOHN KENNEDY ON THE ROSS-SHIRE CLEARANCES. [17]
8. 8.INVERNESS-SHIRE. — GLENGARRY. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — STRATHGLASS. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — GUISACHAN. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — GLENELG. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — GLENDESSERAY AND LOCHARKAIG
9. 9.THE HEBRIDES. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — NORTH UIST. — BORERAIG AND SUISINISH, ISLE OF SKYE. — A CONTRAST. — SOUTH UIST AND BARRA. — THE ISLAND OF RUM.
10. 10.ARGYLLSHIRE. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — THE ISLAND OF MULL. — ARDNAMURCHAN. [23] — GLENORCHY.
11. 11.BUTESHIRE. — ARRAN. DUGALD MACKENZIE MACKILLOP ON THE ARRAN CLEARANCES. [27]
12. 12.PERTHSHIRE. — RANNOCH. By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. — BREADALBANE.
13. 13.NOTABLE DICTA. — The Rev. Dr. MACLACHLAN. — A HIGHLAND SHERIFF. — THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH. — A CONTINENTAL HISTORIAN. — MR. ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE. — A FRENCH ECONOMIST. — MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. — HARDSHIPS ENDURED BY FIRST EMIGRANTS. By Alexander MACKENZIE. — AN EVICTING AGENT. — AN OCTOGENARIAN GAEL.
14. 14.STATISTICAL STATEMENT.
15. 15.APPENDICES. — NOTE A. (See Page 115 .) — NOTE B. (See Page 218 .) — NOTE C. (See page 234 .) — FOOTNOTES — Transcriber's Note

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