Highland Clearances, Gunns and Kildonan
I've edited much that I had here before; I am currently doing serious reading in the area including -
Professor Eric Richards The Highland Clearances
Professor Eric Richards Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances
ed. R. J. Adam Papers on the Sutherland Estate Management 1802- 1816
and the Sutherland estate papers held in the National Library of Scotland
As a generalisation it may be fair to say the estate seems paternalistic and patronising, but not vicious. The idea of some sort of ethnic cleansing is definitely wrong.
PART THREE
http://scottishsceptic.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/the-truth-about-the-highland-clearances for a wide ranging discussion including 'Whilst the Sutherland clearances were clearly brutal, the real question we must ask is whether they were unusual for the time?''...
Worth a careful - and sceptical - read.
Professor Eric Richards The Highland Clearances
Professor Eric Richards Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances
ed. R. J. Adam Papers on the Sutherland Estate Management 1802- 1816
and the Sutherland estate papers held in the National Library of Scotland
As a generalisation it may be fair to say the estate seems paternalistic and patronising, but not vicious. The idea of some sort of ethnic cleansing is definitely wrong.
PART THREE
http://scottishsceptic.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/the-truth-about-the-highland-clearances for a wide ranging discussion including 'Whilst the Sutherland clearances were clearly brutal, the real question we must ask is whether they were unusual for the time?''...
Worth a careful - and sceptical - read.