Highland Clearances - Duke of Sutherland, Potato Blight - 150,000 people without food., Gold Rush - 5000 Highlanders, Convicts - 7600 Scots, Colonial Agents - Canada appointed 2 full time agents in Scotland in 1892, End of herring Industry - 1917 Russian Revolution, Charities - The Highlands and Islands Emigration Society helped many Hebridean families, including over 100 families from Harris alone emigrate to Australia 1852-1857., Cheaper Land Abroad - Fertile land in Canada for farming, Encouragement of Landowners - Lord Selkirk and Duke of Hamilton offered to pay fares to places such as Canada to make people leave their land. , Newspapers - Printed stories in support of emigration and guidebooks. ,

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