Dramatizing the Ideology of Revolution
Popular Mobilization in Virginia, 1774 to 1776
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3333169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhys Isaac (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357 |
| Publication date | 1976-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The William and Mary Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-5597 • E-ISSN: 1933-7698 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1921539 |
| OpenAlex | W2334223493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
W ,trE are brought abruptly into the presence of the Revolution by this cryptic report of a trial in northern Virginia during the last months of King George's reign in America. No other record of this court of oyer and terminer under the king's commission survives, and we shall never know the answers to most of the questions that rise in our minds as we read the newspaper report. We do not even know the name and fortunes of the not-so-humble slave momentarily caught in the limelight. Following ancient English custom, extended to include enslaved Africans and their descendants, he was allowed benefit of clergy so that, in place of hanging as a convicted felon, he might this once be burnt in the hand in open court, lashed, and released. We do not know whether the cry was drawn forth primarily by relief at the mercy shown by the court, or pain at the impress of the hot iron, or whether a different exclamation on the part of the slave was distorted by nervous slaveowners into the form reported. A month previously, the governor, Lord Dunmore, had raised the royal standard and promised freedom to the slaves and servants of rebels who would rally to it. Masters were understandably anxious to believe that their slaves were faithful to them, sharing their hatred of the governor.2 The enigmatic quality of this episode, however, may make it more, not
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2017 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |