After Culloden 1746 - 1860
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The English and the Lowland Scots were determined to squash the rebellious Highlanders for ever. They enforced the Act of Proscription in 1747, banning Highland dress, the bearing of arms and even the playing of the pipes. Jacobites who had not died at Culloden were either executed or transported. The old way of life was dead. |
The act was repealed in 1782, but by this time it was no longer relevant; the Highland Clearances had begun. Between 1780 and 1860, thousands of crofters were evicted from their homes in the Highlands and Islands, to make way for sheep. Many others emigrated voluntarily, to escape persecution, to Canada, America, New Zealand and Australia. In the middle of the 19th century Ireland's potato famine reached the Highlands, resulting in appalling hardship and causing further emigration. By the end of the 19th century, the rural Highlands and Islands were almost deserted.
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