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Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story
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Date:
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Time:
1:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
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On January 25, 1787, in Springfield, Massachusetts, militia Major General William Shepard ordered his cannon to fire grapeshot at a peaceful demonstration of 1200 farmers approaching the federal arsenal . The shots killed four and wounded twenty, marking the climax of five months of civil disobedience in Massachusetts, where farmers challenged the states authority to seize their farms for flagrantly unjust taxes.
Join author Daniel Bullen as he tells the history of the crisis from the protesters perspective.
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