Swallow writes a letter in the newspaper saying that he has the right to support the Stamp Act and will not be bullied into submission.
On the morning of August 27, 1765, a group of men march to the town common in front of the Colony House and hang three effigies on hastily constructed gallows--one of him, the others of Augustus Johnston and Thomas Moffat, other defenders of Parliament's right to tax the colonies. Fearing for his safety, he flees to a ship in the harbor with Moffat and Johnston.
They return to town the next morning hoping the town is calm. However, that evening Swallow gets into an altercation with a man on the street. A crowd quickly gathers with faces painted and axes in hand. They say that if he resigns his post, they'll leave without destroying his house. What should he do?
On the morning of August 27, 1765, a group of men march to the town common in front of the Colony House and hang three effigies on hastily constructed gallows--one of him, the others of Augustus Johnston and Thomas Moffat, other defenders of Parliament's right to tax the colonies. Fearing for his safety, he flees to a ship in the harbor with Moffat and Johnston.
They return to town the next morning hoping the town is calm. However, that evening Swallow gets into an altercation with a man on the street. A crowd quickly gathers with faces painted and axes in hand. They say that if he resigns his post, they'll leave without destroying his house. What should he do?