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Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck

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Engraving from Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack of 1787.

Date created
1787
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Original image housed by Wikipedia

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  • Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments. (Page 6.3)

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Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck

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A contemporary engraving shows Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck, leaders of “Shays’ Rebellion,” a farmers’ revolt against the state government of Massachusetts in 1786–87.