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The Regulator Movement in North Carolina, also known as the Regulator Insurrection, War of Regulation, and War of the Regulation, was an uprising in Provincial North Carolina from 1766 to 1771 in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials whom they viewed as corrupt.
Captain Benjamin Merrill (c. 1731 – June 19, 1771) was an American military officer, gunsmith and planter who served in the militia of Rowan County, North Carolina.He sided with the Regulator Movement in North Carolina, and was captured following the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771.
Herman Husband (December 3, 1724 – June 19, 1795) was an American farmer, pamphleteer, author, and preacher best known as a leader of the Regulator Movement, a populist rebellion in the Province of North Carolina in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War.
Columbia, South Carolina: Carbines George W. Morse Greenville, South Carolina.50 caliber breech-loading carbines 1,000 Murdoch Morrison Gun Factory Laurel Hill, North Carolina: Rifles [3] J. P. Murray Columbus, Georgia.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines Est. 1,000 Noble Bros. & Co Rome, Alabama: 1855
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-6699-3. Kars, Marjoleine. (2002). Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4999-6. Lefler, Hugh T.; Powell, William S. (1973). Colonial North Carolina: A History ...
District and superior court judges are already allowed to do so in North Carolina. This comes after the legislature passed a bill loosening requirements to obtain a handgun back in March. Funds a ...
Gun control debates persist as an election year approaches. Staying informed about the current state of gun legislation, both cross-nationally and more specifically within North Carolina, is crucial.
The South Carolina regulators were not rebels, but a vigilante force of propertied elite men. They co-operated with their colonial government. It was a much smaller organization than the mass movement in North Carolina. There were 100 known regulators, of whom 32 became justices of the peace, and 21 were militia leaders.