The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776

by Duane Meyer

Using a variety of original sources-official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers-Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III.

This book breaks new ground in discussing the causes of the emigration and the knotty puzzle of the loyalism of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807841994
• ISBN13: 9780807841990
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.4"