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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: August 2, 2010
Caption: Captain Benjamin Merrill Marker
Additional Description: In 1771, a group of backcountry farmers referred to as “Regulators”, fed up with high taxes, dishonest sheriffs and illegal fees imposed by the British Crown, rebelled against royal governor William Tryon. Tyron’s militia defeated the Regulators in what was called the Battle of Alamance and sentenced six of them, including Capt. Merrill, to death.
Submitted: August 14, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p122525
File Size: 2.664 Megabytes

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