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Burying the Act
The Sons of Liberty staged a funeral procession that carried the "deceased" Stamp Act -- placed in a coffin -- through the principal streets of town to the courthouse square where a gallows had been erected. An effigy (dummy shown above) representing the tax collector, was buried with the Stamp Act. A detailed report of this event appearing in the Maryland Gazette would be reprinted in papers throughout the colonies including Boston, New York and Philadelphia. |