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How Is Breaking Loose Together The Regulator Rebellion In Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina

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Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina is a non-fiction book by Marjoleine Kars. Breaking Loose Together is 287 pages of North Carolina history. The University of North Carolina Press published it in Chapel Hill in 2002. The version used for this paper is an e-book. Breaking Loose Together shows an interesting side of America before the American Revolution. I chose this book because it highlights the rural area’s history, part of history that some history books ignore. Breaking Loose Together starts with explaining the land set up, the different sections of North Carolina and the different types of people living there. Many conflicts occurred between squatters, big landowners, natives and migrants …show more content…

The author also explains how the Great Awakening affected the colony; lower classes started participating in church events and gained religious power. Old religious groups were put in the same area as newer, less traditional religions. The Great Awakening also affected the church services-they were not all held in churches, and if there were too many people, they would have the service outside. While there were disagreements between the denominations, there were disagreements inside of religious groups as well. Herman Husband, a leader in the rebellion, aired grievances about “unjust oppressions” after being cut out of church functions. The grievances, now made known, created massive political resistance in Orange County, marking the spark of the Regulator’s …show more content…

It was always assumed that across the state, there were plantations everywhere, but this book proves that assumption wrong. There were slave owners and plantation owners, but many of the farmers of the area came from Europe or the northern colonies to have a better life for themselves and their children. Many of these people did not have slaves because they could barely afford the land they were on; they also had their families to help with the work so there was no need for slaves. Another event that I now understand better after reading Breaking Loose Together was the Regulator’s Rebellion. I originally thought that it was a short rebellion of a hand full of farmers, but it was highly planned and organized. The rebellion was not a small amount of people; there were people in many counties across North Carolina that were a part of the regulators. The rebellion was not just one event either-it lasted for about five years, from 1766 when Herman Husband was removed from his church , to 1771 when the regulators were hanged

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