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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 35: (search)
pondence of South Carolina and its Agent in England. whose deputy had the monopoly of serving processes throughout the Province, and yet was bound to attend courts nowhere but at Charleston. As a consequence the herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes and regulated their own police, even at the risk of a civil war. Ramsay's History of South Carolina, i. 214, II. 125. The blood of rebels against oppression was first shed among the settlers on the branches of the Cape Fear River. The emigrants to the upland glades of North Carolina, though occupying rich lands, had little coin or currency; yet as the revenue of the Province was raised by a poll-tax, Boston Chronicle for Nov. 7-14, 1768. Tax in Orange for 1768, as stated by Edward Fanning. the poorest laborer among them must contribute towards it as much as the richest merchant. The sheriffs were grown insolent and arbitrary; often Chap. XXXV.} 1768. Sept. distraining even quadruple the value of the tax,