Chapter IV, THE LOGIC OF REBELLION, p. 138.
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The fact that the ministerial conspiracy against liberty had risen from corruption was of the utmost importance to the colonists.
— Bernard Bailyn
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About Bernard Bailyn
Bernard Bailyn (September 9, 1922 – 7 August 2020), was an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard from 1953 and won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice, in 1968 and 1987.
About Bernard Bailyn
Bernard Bailyn (September 9, 1922 – 7 August 2020), was an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard from 1953 and won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice, in 1968 and 1987.
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