Thomas P. Slaughter

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Frontier Epilogue to the American RevolutionWhen President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "e;Whiskey Rebellion"e; marked the first large-scale...

The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum NorthWhen four young men, slaves on Edward Gorsuch's Maryland farm, escaped to rural Pennsylvania in 1849, the owner swore he'd bring them back. Two years later, Gorsuch lay dead outside the farmhouse in Christiana where he'd tracked them down, as his federal posse...

Frontier Epilogue to the American RevolutionWhen President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "e;Whiskey Rebellion"e; marked the first large-scale...