419 The North Carolina Regulator Movement

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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What happens when the very people meant to uphold justice become the ones exploiting it? In the 1760s, North Carolina farmers watched sheriffs pocket their tax payments, judges rule in favor of corrupt land speculators, and government officials literally steal their land, all while claiming to represent the Crown’s interests. Nathan Schultz, a public historian and the Site Manager at the Alamance Battleground State Historic Site in North Carolina, joins us to explore the North Carolina Regulator Movement. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/419 RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES🎧 Episode 330: Loyalism in the British Atlantic World🎧 Episode 356: The Moravian Church in North America🎧 Episode 373: The Gaspee Affair🎧 Episode 374: The American Revolutionary War in the West🎧 Episode 380: The Tory's Wife🎧 Episode 409: The Battles of Lexington & Concord, 1775 SUPPORT OUR WORK🎁 Make a Donation to Ben Franklin’s WorldREQUEST A TOPIC📨 Topic Request Form📫 [email protected] YOU'RE READY🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter👩‍💻 BFW Listener Community🌍 The History Explorers Club LISTEN 🎧🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music🛜 PandoraCONNECT🦋 Liz on Bluesky👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn🛜 Liz’s WebsiteSAY THANKS💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts💚 Leave a rating on Spotify*Book links are affiliate links. Every purchase supports the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.6	In a lot of ways, they are, I think the best way to understand this is they are taking their labor back.
1:16.8	And it was a form of English protest when you look at other protests in New England and Maine and a few other places.
1:23.0	This idea of like taking the siding off of a house is kind of a thing people did.
1:27.8	And we're like, we're not destroying property. We're just taking our labor back off of a house, it's kind of a thing people did. And we're like,
1:31.8	we're not destroying property. We're just taking our labor back. Now, they do destroy a lot of property while they're at it, but.
1:41.3	Hello and welcome to episode 419 of Ben Franklin's World, the podcast dedicated to helping you
1:48.9	learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present
1:53.7	day world we live in. And I'm your host, Liz Covart. What happens when the very people meant to uphold
2:00.6	justice become the ones exploiting it?
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