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The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina
UNC Press Books
December 2002
On Sale: December 1, 2002
308 pages
ISBN: 0807849995
EAN: 9780807849996
Kindle: B003CFBJWI
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Non-Fiction History
Ten years before the start of the American Revolution,
backcountry settlers in the North Carolina Piedmont launched
their own defiant bid for economic independence and
political liberty. The Regulator Rebellion of 1766-71 pitted
thousands of farmers, many of them religious radicals
inspired by the Great Awakening, against political and
economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed
reforms. The conflict culminated on May 16, 1771, when a
colonial militia defeated more than 2,000 armed farmers in a
pitched battle near Hillsborough. At least 6,000 Regulators
and sympathizers were forced to swear their allegiance to
the government as the victorious troops undertook a punitive
march through Regulator settlements. Seven farmers were hanged. Using sources that include diaries, church minutes, legal
papers, and the richly detailed accounts of the Regulators
themselves, Marjoleine Kars delves deeply into the world and
ideology of free rural colonists. She examines the
rebellion's economic, religious, and political roots and
explores its legacy in North Carolina and beyond. The
compelling story of the Regulator Rebellion reveals just how
sharply elite and popular notions of independence differed
on the eve of the Revolution.
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