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The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution
Slaughter, Thomas P. The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Why this matters here
Thomas Slaughter's study analyzes the Whiskey Rebellion and the early federal government's response to resistance against excise enforcement. The chapter cites the historical episode as evidence of coercive capacity during Washington's presidency, not as a blanket moral verdict.
