The Highland Clearances was a time when people in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland were forced from their homes and had to find new places to live. 
The crofters rented their lands.

• Crofters in one area were often members of the same clans. Some clans had lived in the same cottages for as long as 500 years.
• Butcher of Cumberland--Duke of Sutherland.

• Many Scots emigrated to Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand. Some settled on their own farms or found work on sheep farms or cattle ranches. Some lived as hunters or worked in the timber trade. Others worked in construction, built railways, tried gold mining or started their own businesses.
  

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