| Administrative History | Donald Macleod was born in Rossal, Strathnaver, where he lived until he was turned out during the clearance of that township which began in 1814. Donald was about twenty years of age when Rossal was cleared.
He was evicted on two further occasions before working as a stone mason in Wick. However, he continued to be harassed for his open hostility to the Sutherland estate clearances.
He moved to Edinburgh, where he wrote a series of letters to the Weekly Chronicle publicising the actions of the Sutherland estate management and the quiet assent of the established clergy during the period of the Clearances.
Macleod emigrated in the 1850s to Woodstock in Ontario, Canada, where, in 1856, he published his letters and pamphlets in 'Gloomy Memories'.
[Taken from: http://www.highlandclearances.co.uk/clearances/clearances_sutherlandclearances_donaldmacleod.htm |