Quote Originally Posted by tamblackwood@yahoo.co.uk View Post
There was a lot of voluntary emigration due to many other reasons apart from sheep
Amen! Though the highland clearances may not be well known or even well taught . Even less well documented are the thousands, like my family who fled for economic reasons. Imagine having a wife, 5 children farming skills and no land to call your own. I can’t even imagine how good unlimited cheap land must have look to them.