Why many Lowlanders emigrated to areas of the empire

• Many Scots also left Scotland to get away from the Slum conditions in Scots cites
• Many also left Scotland to get away from disease such as cholera, TB and Typhoid that engulfed Scottish cites
• Agencies were set up to convince people to move. They advertised for workers and often paid their fairs
• Emigration was also encouraged by the government as a way to reduce the population
• Emigration societies were set up to help raise money for poor families to leave Scotland for new lands
• The Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners were set up by the government. This helped by giving grants of land in places like Canada and Australia as well as loans of money to help with travel costs
• many small farms/smallholdings disappeared as landowners created large farms, leaving tenants without a livelihood
• skilled craftsmen such as weavers lost their jobs when more factories were built. This left their skill redundant
• family, relations wrote letters home telling of better wages, living standards which encouraged many to emigrate
• wages in Scotland were low compared to wages in Canada as they were a lot higher
• faster Atlantic crossings on steamships meant emigration was easier as people were not going so long without a wage
• Travel fares were paid by landlords in the Highlands