1677 — Leaders of Bacon’s Rebellion (colonists vs. Gov. Berkeley) are Hanged in VA–22-23

–23  National Park Service/S. McCulley. Historic Jamestowne. “Bacon’s Rebellion.” June 1987.

–23  Rice, James Douglas. “Bacon’s Rebellion (1676-1677),” Encyclopedia Virginia. 1-29-2013

–23  Wikipedia. “Bacon’s Rebellion.” 1-22-2013 modification.[1]

–22  Jones, Frederick Thomas (Ed.). A History of the United States. 1888, p. 40.

 

Narrative Information

 

Jones:  “1677. William Drummond and 21 others are hanged; 3 others die of cruelty in prison; the assembly is convened (Feb.) and votes an address ‘that the governor would spill no more blood.’….Berkeley returns to England, and is censured by public opinion. Lord Culpepper, the governor, is proclaimed, but does not go to Virginia till 1680.”  (Jones, Frederick Thomas (Ed.). A History of the United States in Chronological Order from A.D. 432 to the Present Time.  St. Paul: The Pioneer Press, 1888, p. 47-48.)

 

Sources:

 

Jones, Frederick Thomas (Ed.). A History of the United States in Chronological Order from A.D. 432 to the Present Time.  St. Paul: The Pioneer Press, 1888, p. 47-48.

 

National Park Service/Susan McCulley (Revised by Jen Loux, November 1995). Historic Jamestowne. “Bacon’s Rebellion.” June 1987. Accessed 5-16-2019 at: https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm

 

Rice, James Douglas. “Bacon’s Rebellion (1676-1677),” Encyclopedia Virginia. First published 8-25-2011; last modified 1-29-2013. Accessed 12-4-2013 at: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/bacon_s_rebellion_1676-1677#start_entry

 

Wikipedia. “Bacon’s Rebellion.” 1-22-2013 modification. Accessed at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion

 

 

 

 

[1] Cites: Mary K. Geiter and William Arthur Speck. Colonial America: From Jamestown to Yorktown. Macmillan, 2002, p. 63.