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The Doom of the Henderlands: Scotland's Plague After Culloden
In the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the British government unleashed a brutal campaign of pacification across the Scottish Highlands. This episode tells the story of the 'Doom of the Henderlands' — a little-known but devastating chapter in which the Duke of Cumberland's forces systematically burned homes, slaughtered livestock, and destroyed the traditional clan economy. We follow the harrowing journey of Flora MacDonald, who sheltered Bonnie Prince Charlie after the battle, and examine how the Disarming Acts and the Heritable Jurisdictions Act dismantled the…
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