The Brethren : a story of faith and conspiracy in revolutionary America /
In 1777, North Carolina farmers planned a coup against local patriots. Brendan McConville shows they were motivated not by Crown loyalty but by love of individual and religious liberty, as they understood them. Complicating revolutionary narratives, the plotters feared American independence would us...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | In 1777, North Carolina farmers planned a coup against local patriots. Brendan McConville shows they were motivated not by Crown loyalty but by love of individual and religious liberty, as they understood them. Complicating revolutionary narratives, the plotters feared American independence would usher in the very tyranny it claimed to contest. |
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| Physical Description: | 286 pages : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674249165 067424916X |