Colonists from Scotland: Emigration to North America, 1707-1783 - Ian Charles Cargill Graham - Hardcover

This distinguished monograph is a treatise on the causes and character of Scottish emigration to North America prior to the American Revolution. Entire chapters are then devoted to Lowland and Highland emigration, forced transportation of felons and the drafting of Scottish troops to the colonies, rising rents and other factors in the Scottish social structure, and the British government's role in colonization. Three concluding chapters cover the geographical centers of Scottish settlement--especially the Carolinas.Graham, Ian Charles Cargill is the author of 'Colonists from Scotland: Emigration to North America, 1707-1783 - Ian Charles Cargill Graham - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780804615266 and ISBN 0804615268.