One in three acres in the West Highlands and Islands between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries was purchased using slavery-derived wealth, according to a new report by @IainMacKinnon75 and @HearaichHerald, published today by @CommunityLandSc.

The report provides the first systematic analysis of the location, size and monetary value of estates financed by directly or indirectly acquired slavery wealth. They say that 63 estates and almost 1.2 million acres were purchased, covering 33.5% of the West Highlands and Islands

The report draws on @LBS_at_UCL and research by Professor Tom Devine on Highland land sales in the nineteenth century. It says that many of these new owners went on to be leading figures in the Highland Clearances, and that at least 5,000 were cleared from the purchased estates.