The Highland Clearances: everything you wanted to know
Sir Tom Devine responds to listener questions on the causes and consequences of one of the most notorious episodes of Scottish history
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Show Notes
Who was to blame for the Highland Clearances? Why did they happen? And what became of those who were forcibly evicted? In the latest episode in our series on history’s biggest topics, historian Sir Tom Devine, author of The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, responds to listener questions on the causes and consequences of one of the most notorious episodes of Scottish history.
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