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The Sutherland Clearances |
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The evictions reached their peak in 1814 known locally as "the year of the burnings" when Sellar's men moved into Strathnaver. 
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Here, families were turned out of their homes on the spot, with the buildings then being razed to the ground, often with the family's possessions still inside. The brutality of these actions shocked the Scottish nation and led to Sellar being charged with culpable homicide, an exceptional event at that time.
The trial was held in Inverness and with the weight of the establishment firmly behind him, and a jury of like-minded landowners, Sellar was acquitted. He returned to Sutherland to continue the clearances.
However, one man was not prepared to let the matter end there, and took up the pen to tell the story of the Highlanders who had been forced from the land.
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