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The Highland Clearances: Scotland's Great Expulsion
Long after the Jacobite risings faded into history, a quieter but more devastating transformation was reshaping the Scottish landscape. This episode explores the Highland Clearances, a period where traditional clan structures were dismantled not by war, but by economic logic and agricultural reform. We trace how landlords, seeking higher profits from sheep farming, evicted thousands of tenants who had lived on their lands for generations. The conversation focuses on specific figures like Patrick Sellar, the infamous factor who enforced these evictions with brutal efficiency, and the tragic…
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