Articles in 'Whisky rebellion'

Rebellious times

Ian Buxton looks at turbulent times during whiskey’s history

So begins William Findley’s classic account of the Whiskey Rebellion, his History of the Insurrection, published in Philadelphia in 1796. You have to admire his understatement. “Interesting scenes” indeed. This of a country that had less than 15 years previously been fighting a war of independence...

By Ian Buxton from Issue 59 published on 11/10/2006