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- From: Jane Merritt <jmerritt@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Disguised Rioting
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- On Fri, 18 Dec 1992, Peter Davis wrote:
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- > CARNIVAL is an interesting point. But I was thinking more along the lines of
- > political riots. For example, the "Gaspee" affair of 1772 indicates that the
- > participants may have been disguised as native Americans -- it is a disputed
- > case, of course. Nonetheless, they were at least masked in blacking. During
- > the Boston Market Riot of 1727 (?) the "actors" may have been disguised as
- > clergy. (I can't recall the source at the moment).
- >
- > But there must be other examples from the 18th century (or earlier) of
- > "political" rioters disguising themselves.
- >
- > Peter Davis
- > U. of Illinois
- > AXTHEPD@UICVMC.BITNET
-
- I know that some gangs of white men on the frontier [Penn. and New York]
- during the French and Indian War [1750s and 1760s] disguised themselves as
- Indians when they attacked Indian settlements in retaliation for native
- violence against whites. I assume they disguised themselves because these
- raids against _peaceful_ [sometimes Christianized] natives were considered
- illegal by the British. I would put these in the political category since
- their actions were attempts to take control of the settlement of land west
- of the Alleghenies, which had been put off limits by the British and
- Provincial governments.
-
- Jane Merritt
- University of Washington
-