Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record : The Official Account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676-1677

Wiseman, Samuel/ Oberg, Michael Leroy (EDT)

Lexington Books（2009/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780739135303
• DDC分類 973.24

Full Description

In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon led a well-known colonial uprising against the authority of King Charles II, in the person of Virginia's governor Sir William Berkeley. Bacon and other colonists identified as their chief concern Berkeley's non-aggressive policies toward local Native Americans. Bacon's revolt dramatically altered relations between Chesapeake colonists and Native Americans, and also induced late Stuart imperialists to crack down on colonial autonomy. Despite the widely recognized significance of Bacon's Rebellion, the most important documents chronicling this event have been scattered in several archives and repositories, impeding students' access. Michael Leroy Oberg has transcribed, edited, and introduced the official record left by Samuel Wiseman, King Charles II's scribe assigned to this uprising's investigation—making this history widely available for the first time in book form.

Contents

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record
Chapter 3 Preliminaries
Chapter 4 The Commissioners and Sir William Berkeley
Chapter 5 The Treaty of Middle Plantation, 1677
Chapter 6 The Commissioners' Narrative
Chapter 7 The Commissioners' Resolve
Chapter 8 The Counties' Grievances
Chapter 9 The Price of Loyalty: Personal Grievances