#OnThisDay 1787:
A group of wealthy merchants funded a private army to crush a series of #protests known as #ShaysRebellion. The protesters- farmers, workers, & rural veterans- were responding to political corruption, cronyism, & economic policies that hurt the poor and middles classes.
You were taught the #AmericanRevolution was about #freedom and lower #taxes. That's partly true, but not for the élites who took over. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1787, in #ShaysRebellion, 800 veterans & farmers took up arms against crushing debt but were defeated by the MA militia.
Part 2 - #ShaysRebellion
Honestly, I vaguely remembered it from school but seeing it in a record of your ancestors genealogy lines I decided to re-learn about it. Umm, yeah I’d be pissed too! And it feels familiar. Elites taking from the every day citizens? Yeah familiar.
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John Sumner of Stoughton, Massachusetts Revolutionary war details as well as Shay’s Rebellion.
Record John Sumner of Stoughton Massachusetts.
Part 1 - I’ve been looking into more of my genealogy on my mom’s mother’s side & it goes back really far. They coming over in 1636 from England. I found the #RevolutionaryWar record of my 5 times Great Grandfather John #Sumner from Stoughton, Mass.He was also in #ShaysRebellion. Just interesting.
I'm happy to share the following press release we've sent to our local media: Massachusetts Archivists Discover Shays’ Rebellion Documents Among Hampshire Sheriff’s Office Records Find Represents Oldest County Jail Records in the Commonwealth Arrest records of the “Conspirators in Shays Rebellion,” an armed uprising in 1786 -1787 in western Massachusetts over the newly independent nation’s monetary system, have been discovered stored in a warehouse at the Hampshire Sheriff’s Office (HSO) on Rocky Hill Road. In late- September, Jeremy Berry-Cahn and Joseph Solis, processing archivists with the Massachusetts Archives, discovered the documents while reviewing old records that had been brought to the Rocky Hill Road location 40 years ago when the jail and house of correction moved from its previous location on Union Street near downtown Northampton. The documents are pages from the “Register of Prisoners” and depict the arrest records of 35 members of the Rebellion who were jailed for taking up arms against the state, treason and sedition. The men held at the jail, then located on Pleasant Street in Northampton, include Luke Day of West Springfield, recognized as one of the leaders of Shays’ Rebellion. According to Samuel Edwards, reference archivist at the Massachusetts Archives: “In 1780s Western Massachusetts, unrest was brewing for several years after the Revolutionary War. The newly independent nation struggled to develop a monetary system, and issued more paper money than could be redeemed for coins, which were in short supply. Coastal merchants, storekeepers and tax collectors insisted on coin payments, which many agrarian farmers in Massachusetts
Amazing archival discovery in #WMass
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Everyone at the #Bottom needs to do some #DeepStudy of #ShaysRebellion and quit holding up #Hamilton and #Madison as the #GoodGuys
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#OnThisDay, 1786:
Protests by farmers, laborers, & veterans in Massachusetts began in response to an aggressive tax and debt collection system and political corruption, rampant cronyism, and civil rights abuses. It is known as #ShaysRebellion, after its leader, Daniel Shays a Revolutionary War vet.
Marines take tremendous pride in their ability to manage logistics, ie Food, Water, Equipment. That said, fear of Military not receiving pay is a legit fear many have. #ShaysRebellion #AfghanWithdrawl
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Never! I'll pin a hemlock spring on my hat and take to the woods first! #ShaysRebellion
