The Highland Clearances: Explained (Short Animated Documentary)

The Scottish Highlands used to have a sizeable population. But now they’re barely populated at all, so what happened? Well, the Highland Clearances happened, that’s what. Find out what that was and who was effected in this simple, short animated history documentary.

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Sources:
Sir William Johnson, Highland Scots, and American Indians by Colin G. Calloway

From Family Roots to the Routes of Empire: National Tales and the Domestication of the Scottish Highlands by Juliet Shields

Highland Migration to Lowland Scotland, 1760-1860 by T. M. Devine

The Highland Clearances: Explained (Short Animated Documentary)