Highland clearances

**Mr. MacDougall** · 25th July 07, 12:19 AM

Hmm. Interesting. They talk about setting up more copies in places like Australia and the USA. I wonder where they'd choose to site it in the US?

**fluter** · 25th July 07, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. MacDougall

Hmm. Interesting. They talk about setting up more copies in places like Australia and the USA. I wonder where they'd choose to site it in the US?

Cape Fear River valley, North Carolina? It could be anywhere from the port of Wilmington, up to around Fayetteville. I nominate Aberdeen.

Or, what's the town where the Flora MacDonald games are held? I've never been there, don't know if it would work there.

**Archangel** · 26th July 07, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by fluter

Cape Fear River valley, North Carolina? It could be anywhere from the port of Wilmington, up to around Fayetteville. I nominate Aberdeen.

Or, what's the town where the Flora MacDonald games are held? I've never been there, don't know if it would work there.

North Carolina's populating by Scots was at the very earliest part of the Clearances. The movement was more connected to the end of '45 than the Clearances.

The new US was not welcoming to the Scots for a number of reasons so there was not a large number of immigrants. Certain individuals came and settled but not the large numbers.

The main population moved to the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Those who emigrated went to Canada's east coast or the Red River settlement. The largest number went to Australia and used their shepherding skills to bring about the economic collapse of the Scottish sheep industry. Oh, success is the best revenge.

All that being said, there's more statues planned than history has communities so the US should get one somewhere.

ScotlandonTV · 27th July 07, 06:58 AM

Hi all

There's an stv news piece about the statue unveiling on www.scotlandontv.tv

Here's a link: http://www.scotlandontv.tv/?channel=...id=1380_SMG911

Enjoy!

The ScotlandonTV Team

**Fedgunner** · 27th July 07, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by ScotlandonTV

Hi all

There's an stv news piece about the statue unveiling on www.scotlandontv.tv

Here's a link: http://www.scotlandontv.tv/?channel=...id=1380_SMG911

Enjoy!

The ScotlandonTV Team

Thank you for that video!