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.De Gra"enried wentto Pollock s plantation to meet with Hyde s council and swore his loyalty,but de Gra"enried had little to o"er in terms of material assistance.""Hyde and the council were well aware of Cary s new munitions.Caryhad not armed the brigantine secretly; perhaps he hoped to intimidatethe council into surrendering.Instead, they asked Spotswood in Wil-liamsburg for help."" The Virginians traditionally had hesitated to haveanything to do with North Carolina s a"airs, but things had changedsince the last popular uprising there.Virginia had a great many moreslaves in 1711 than had been the case in 1689, increasing anxiety amongwhite residents of that colony.Just a year earlier, in the spring of 1710,planters had thwarted a widespread slave insurrection in which the reb-els planned to escape to the North Carolina section of the Great Dis-mal Swamp."" In the months thereafter, Spotswood warned the VirginiaHouse of Burgesses that slaves   by Their Dayly Encrease  were be-coming   Most Dangerous.  Inadequately prepared for this threat, Spots-wood noted,   the Strength of Your Country and the State of your Mili-tia.is so Imaginary a Defense, That we Cannot too Cautiously Concealit from our Neighbours and our Slaves.  Spotswood accommodated nodelusions:   Freedom Wears a Cap which Can Without a Tongue, CallTogather all Those who Long to Shake of The fetters of Slavery.  "À TheVirginia council decided to get involved because members feared thatsome of these   Neighbours  might have a   bad influence.on thiscary s rebellion, 1708 1711 0 141Colony by encouraging the servants and negroes and other persons ofdesperate fortunes to run from hence in hopes of protection from theparty in arms there.  "+"On June 13, the Virginia governor o"ered the services of a mediator,John Clayton.Spotswood dispatched Clayton to Carolina on June 20with two letters.The first letter had two copies, one each for Cary andHyde, and o"ered Clayton as a moderate and impartial negotiator."© Thesecond letter was to be given to Cary only if he rejected the o"er ofmediation.The tone di"ered markedly and made clear Spotswood s in-tentions in support of Hyde.  So long as I have any power at hand, wrote the governor,   I shall not su"er him to ly imprisoned by a PlebeianRoute.  "`"Hastening south, Clayton delivered the first letter to Hyde and the restof the council on June 25 at Pollock s plantation, which had been fortifiedwith a militia guard.The next day, Clayton went to see Cary.A truce wascalled and a meeting arranged for the following day.Only the Hydeparty s version of events has survived: Hyde and de Gra"enried claimedthat when Clayton returned from Cary with the details of the conference,the planned location was determined to be unsuitable.Another letterproposing an alternative site supposedly was sent but did not reach Carybecause of bad weather.Whatever the reasons, when Cary sailed in thenext day, his opponents did not meet him.According to Hyde, Cary thentook up a position with his boats that would have isolated the Hydecouncil, proving to its members that their adversary could not be trusted.  Our passage back [would have] been Cutt o",  Hyde lamented.WhenClayton delivered the second, threatening letter from Spotswood onJune 28, Cary sent the mediator packing.""The men holed up at Pollock s plantation became frightened."d" Hyde,the council, Lawson, and de Gra"enried were outnumbered and out-gunned.They could drum up no more local support.They knew thatCary was aboard the large-gunned brig, sailing straight for them, andwrote to Spotswood begging for military help:   We earnestly request youwill be pleased to assist us with what armed force can be spared fromyour Government.  They would pay and supply any troops Virginiacould send.But the grave situation might need more:   If you couldspare us some Marines it would strike greater Terrour in the people.  "e"142 - The Second GenerationMarines regulars from the royal armed forces, posted o" the coast ofVirginia would indeed raise the fight to a new level [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]