During America\'s Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful.
Using his extensive knowledge of the law, author Gary Shattuck sheds new light on this riotous era.".
The outbreak of the War of 1812 brought thousands of troops, along with drunkenness, disease and a general disregard of civil rights, including the imposition of extra-legal military trials.
Federal seizure of a boat called the Black Snake" went deadly wrong--three men were killed that day, and another died later in the state\'s first hanging execution.
Some Vermonters turned to smuggling.
Conflict raged along the Canadian border, as international tensions prompted Thomas Jefferson to ban American exports to France and Great Britain.
During America\'s Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful
