Daniel Shays Shuts Down the Courts

Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 7 a.m.

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September 26, 1786. American farmer Daniel Shays leads a militia of debt-ridden citizens to protest high taxes and shut down Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in what will come to be known as Shays\\u2019 Rebellion.


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