Donald Ross and the Highland Clearances: 'Yet Still the Blood Is Strong'

by Andrew Ross

The Highland Clearances was a dark episode in Scottish history when many thousands of people were forced off lands that they and their kin had lived on for generations. Some boarded ships destined for the colonies of America and Australia, others ended up on small barren plots by the coast or in city slums. A few men were outspoken against the atrocities, and one of them was Donald Ross. Donald Ross was a Highlander, born in Sutherland in 1813. His...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398104264
• ISBN13: 9781398104266
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages