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Encyclopedia Britannica - Highland Clearances | Scottish history

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The came over primarily because of the , when they were thrown off their ancestral lands by Lords who wanted to convert the land to sheep farming. Part of this oppression also meant that their ways were literally being outlawed (wearing the , playing the pipes, and speaking were all declared criminal offenses).

Some Scots migrated to off and on, and some of those came to the USA during the . They are often referred to as "the " (or incorrectly as "the ").

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Mary Y · @marmyet
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These are photos of two of my immigrant ancestors, John and Magdalena (Schoenholz) Yetter. They arrived in the United States from Germany in 1854.

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