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title: Shaysites Take Down a Tax Collector
author: Wmpetro
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19149/shaysites-take-down-a-tax-collector/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2024-06-26
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# Shaysites Take Down a Tax Collector
_Authored by Wmpetro_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19149.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Shays' Rebellion](https://www.worldhistory.org/Shays'_Rebellion/) protestors, sometimes referred to as Shaysites, take down a tax collector, c. 1786-87. Colored version of an illustration from the *Popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/)* by William Cullen Bryant, New York: Scribner, c. 1876-1881.
## Bibliography
- [A scene in Shays's Rebellion - NYPL Digital Collections](https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f621-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99# "A scene in Shays's Rebellion - NYPL Digital Collections"), accessed 26 Jun 2024.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shays%27_Rebellion.jpg) by [**Wmpetro**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shays%27_Rebellion.jpg). Submitted by [Harrison W. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/harrisonwmark/ "User Page: Harrison W. Mark"), published on 26 June 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.