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Early American Rebels : Pursuing Democracy from Maryland to Carolina, 1640-1700 /

"During the half century after 1650 that saw the gradual imposition of a slave society in England's North American colonies, poor white settlers in the Chesapeake sought a republic of equals. Demanding a say in their own destinies, rebels moved around the region looking for a place to buil...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McIlvenna, Noeleen, 1963- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"During the half century after 1650 that saw the gradual imposition of a slave society in England's North American colonies, poor white settlers in the Chesapeake sought a republic of equals. Demanding a say in their own destinies, rebels moved around the region looking for a place to build a democratic political system. This book crosses colonial boundaries to show how Ingle's Rebellion, Fendall's Rebellion, Bacon's Rebellion, Culpeper's Rebellion, Parson Waugh's Tumult, and the colonial Glorious Revolution were episodes in a single struggle because they were organized by one connected group of people"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (182 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469656083