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Rousay Crofters – 1883



Split into Four Parts due to its length, this page provides links to the dialogue and subsequent correspondence between the Napier Commission, those chosen to speak on behalf of the Rousay Crofting Community, and the island’s laird, Lt-General, later Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs.

James Leonard: stonemason, Free Kirk precentor – evicted crofter.

PART ONE

PART THREE

Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Rousay and Viera

PART TWO

PART FOUR