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Black Horse Tavern was founded in 1794 by Henry Westbay, a native of Ireland. [1] That year, during the early stages of the Whiskey Rebellion, the rebels met at the Black Horse Tavern to plan attacks on federal forces. [2] Leaders of the rebellion intercepted federal mail between Philadelphia and federal troops at the tavern. [3]
The land and the building were purchased by Jean (John) Bonnet in 1779 and opened as an inn and tavern, which was used as a gathering place by protesting local farmers during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion. Protesting the federal tax on whisky, local Pennsylvanian farmers gathered to raise a Liberty pole at the tavern as a symbol of their defiance.
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
John Woods was in the tavern and used the owners' ferry the night before the raid on John Neville's estate" (July 16, 1794). [6] Moreover, the ledger contains over 89 names connected with the Whiskey Rebellion as well as 109 veterans of the American Revolution and 16 men who would serve in the War of 1812. [13]
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David Bradford (1762–1808) was a successful lawyer and deputy attorney-general for Washington County, Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. He was infamous for his association with the Whiskey Rebellion, and his fictionalized escape to the Spanish-owned territory of West Florida (modern-day Louisiana) with soldiers at his tail.
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – February 3, 1787, Western Massachusetts; 1786 – Paper Money Riot, September 20, Exeter, New Hampshire; 1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, New York City; 1791–1794 – Whiskey Rebellion, Western Pennsylvania (anti-excise tax on whiskey)