Insurrection, corruption & murder in early Vermont, life on the wild northern frontier
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Insurrection, corruption & murder in early Vermont, life on the wild northern frontier
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non fiction
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Insurrection, corruption & murder in early Vermont
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life on the wild northern frontier
Summary
During America's Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful. Conflict raged along the Canadian border, as international tensions prompted Thomas Jefferson to ban American exports to France and Great Britain. Some Vermonters turned to smuggling. Federal seizure of a boat called the "Black Snake" went deadly wrong--three men were killed that day, and another died later in the state's first hanging execution. The outbreak of the War of 1812 brought thousands of troops, along with drunkenness, disease, and a general disregard of civil rights, including the imposition of extra-legal military trials. Using his extensive knowledge of the law, author Gary Shattuck sheds new light on this riotous era
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