Graves Of Displaced Crofters With Music On History Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the graves of displaced Crofters on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to a Glen in the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. As the 19th Century began, the price for wool and mutton went up. To corner the market for these valuable commodities, the English land owners of the Highlands began a campaign known as The Highland Clearances. Trees were cut away, and their planting was forbidden, to make room for sheep. And the Crofter tenants of the land were in the way as well. The English began a campaign of terror, using armed enforcers to destroy Highland and Island homes, herding their inhabitants into urban ghettos or packing them onto cargo ships for America, Canada and Australia. Where thousands of Scots had once lived, a few dozen shepherds now tended flocks of sheep. People were often evicted from their croft cottages without warning, given only enough time to escape with their lives before the fires began. In many cases, the old and the young died as their homes burned; entire displaced families froze to death without shelter. Those forced onto slave ships died enroute to America and Australia, packed like sardines. Tens of thousands died; hundreds of thousands lost their freedom and their identity. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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