The Governor and the Rebel

A History of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia

By Wilcomb E. Washburn

The Governor and the Rebel

270 pp., 6.125 x 9.25

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4015-3
    Published: January 1967
  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-3988-1
    Published: August 2018
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-7325-5
    Published: August 2018

Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

This is the definitive study of the unsuccessful rebellion in Virginia led in 1676 by the younger Nathaniel Bacon, celebrated in history as the rebel, against Sir William Berkeley, the colonial governor of Virginia and one of the lords proprietors of Carolina. Using all known English and American sources, Washburn sheds light on many misconceptions surrounding the episode.

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