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Part Two: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The Trail Goes Dark for the Diggers

The trail goes dark for these diggers. I don't think they ever got a single harvest out of their work. They were probably dispersed by the sort of one, two punch of legal harassment and mob violence. Colonies cropped up in at least six other towns. And his very first law and one of the only capital offenses, it's a capital crime to be a lawyer.

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