Breaking loose together : the Regulator Rebellion in pre-revolutionary North Carolina / Marjoleine Kars.
Settlers and farmers in Piedmont North Carolina stage a revolution against their local British government, prompted in large part by the religious thought spurred by the Great Awakening and their populist agrarian tendencies.
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- ISBN: 0807826723
- ISBN: 9780807826720
- ISBN: 0807849995
- ISBN: 9780807849996
- Physical Description: x, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part 1: Economics -- Breaking the way: colonizing the North Carolina piedmont -- Robed of it all by a few roguish individuals: land grievances -- It would be enough to make us turn rebels: debt, taxes, and the courts -- Part 2: Religion -- The spirit within: Protestant radicalism from the reformation to the great awakening in the South -- Fashioning Christ's coat: beyond denomination -- Into a ranting spirit: religious radicalism and agrarian activism -- Part 3: Politics -- Liberty to make out grievances known: organizing popular protest, August 1766-May 1768 -- But by a due course of law: petitioning the governor, May 1768-September 1768 -- Debarr'd of justice: legal means fail, November 1768-December 1769 -- Part 4: War -- Coming to see justice done: growing exasperation, January 1770-December 1770 -- To force us to submit to tyranny: The Battle of Alamance, January 1771-June 1771 -- Whipped twice: consequences.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | CR 975.6 Kar (Text) | 30308100694612 | North Carolina Room Adult Reference | Available | - |
