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Note on : Robert Beverley on Bacon's Rebellion,1704
Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 tested self-government in
Virginia. One of Virginia's earliest historians, Robert
Beverley, a contemporary of Nathaniel Bacon who
led the rebellion, described the origin and contours
of the uprising in his History and Present State of
Virginia, published almost thirty years after the event.
Beverley sided with Governor Berkeley during the
course of the dispute, and, although his recounting of
the events is not wholly dispassionate, Beverley was
still a shrewd and thoughtful observer, whose account
is as perceptive as any ever published.
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