Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record: The Official Account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739107119)

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.

Author: Samuel Wiseman
ISBN-10: 0739107119
ISBN-13: 9780739107119
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2005
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.66w x 1.09d