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Hung on the request of Sir William Berkeley, William Drummond, the first governor of North Carolina, was executed for a rebellion against the aristocracy of Virginia. The rebellion, led by Nathaniel Bacon, is reportedly the first uprising involving Englishmen in the New World.

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Drummond, Sir William, 1585-1649; Bacon, Nathaniel, 1647-1676; Berkeley, William, 1605-1677; Insurgency