This book details the events leading up to and during Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 primarily led by impoverished farmers against the state government's debt collection and property seizure practices. The author, a witness to the rebellion, provides a thorough account of the causes, events, and aftermath of the rebellion.

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