Nathaniel Bacon

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18 mentions 7 recordings first heard Feb 2025 last heard 3d ago ↑9 this month

Virginia planter who led the 1676 rebellion against colonial authorities

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Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 5:32 · 2d ago
…On October 26th, Bacon died from dysentery, the bloody flux, and the rebellion fell apart.…
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Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 5:24 · 2d ago
…Aware that more of the governor's men were on their way, Bacon's forces burned the town down on September 19th.…
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Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 5:12 · 2d ago
…Bacon's men held control of Jamestown from July through September before Berkeley's forces forced them to retreat.…
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Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 4:57 · 2d ago
…In a dramatic affront to the colonial system in which……
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 4:47 · 2d ago
…Bacon ordered them all to surrender to him within four……
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 4:20 · 2d ago
…On July 30th, 1676, Bacon issued the Declaration of the……
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American · Bacon’s Rebellion · 4:05 · 2d ago
…Under Bacon, vagrants and poor farmers, including former slaves and……
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