Rebel and the Tory: Ethan Allen, Phillip Skene, and the Dawn of Vermont Merchandise fording rivers and crossing borders

fording rivers and crossing borders

and then funding a very long war

Ethan and his wife form a friendship with neighbors Kindred Morris and his wife

“The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont explodes this myth

President of the Westminster Historical Society

Rebel and the Tory: Ethan Allen, Phillip Skene, and the Dawn of Vermont Merchandise fording rivers and crossing bordersThe Rebel and The Tory shines a fresh light on the long accepted origin story of Vermont, which has remained static for about 200 years. The Ejectment Trials of 1770, when settlers and leaders of the New Hampshire Grants turned from petitions and court proceedings to violent resistance against legitimate New York authority, are considered a critical inflection point by many historians. No historians have ever read the transcripts of the Ejectment