Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress
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Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable homicide for his treatment of the Highlanders of Strathnaver, the most northerly part of the Scottish highlands. In the process of evicting them from their ancient lands he had allegedly burnt houses, destroyed mills and wrecked pastures. There is perhaps no more hated nor reviled individual...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1902930134
ISBN13:9781902930138
Release Date:July 2000
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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