Strengthens the claim that exceptional force did not equal durable or economical local administration.
The section covers the November arrests, prosecutions, pardons, fugitives, and occupation.
Mass arrests, forced marches, abuse, flight, selective convictions, looting, illness, and disorder among occupation troops blurred guilt and innocence and showed that the federal imposition of order was itself coercive and administratively uneven.
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Evidence
Mass arrests, forced marches, abuse, flight, selective convictions, looting, illness, and disorder among occupation troops blurred guilt and innocence and showed that the federal imposition of order was itself coercive and administratively uneven.
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Reader location: printed pp. 218–221, Chapter 13
Internal PDF provenance: sheets 225–228
The section covers the November arrests, prosecutions, pardons, fugitives, and occupation.
Annotation
Strengthens the claim that exceptional force did not equal durable or economical local administration.
Knowledge connections
Literature note: Excise resistance, frontier authority, and federal response — Slaughter
Citation: Slaughter1986Rebellion — printed pp. 218–221
Supported claims: The federal response demonstrated both reach and limits of federal authority
Verification checklist
Verification status: Verified.
Paraphrase checked against searchable text and rendered PDF sheets 225–228 on 2026-08-27.