What Was The Religion Of The Scottish Highlanders?
The Highlanders were Presbyterian. Because North Carolina was a royal colony, its official religion was Anglican, or Church of England. Marriages by Presbyterian ministers were not considered legal. Are the Scottish Highlanders Catholic? In the 162 Highland parishes there were 295,566 people. There were 282,735 Protestants, and 12,831 Roman Catholics. That means that 95.66% of …
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