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The Highland Potato FamineEssay Preview: The Highland Potato Famine1 rating(s)Report this essayThe Highland Potato Famine was a famine caused by potato blight that struck the Scottish Highlands in the 1840s. While the mortality rate was less than other Scottish famines in the 1690s, and 1780, the Highland potato famine caused over 1.7 million[1] people to.