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Bacon's Epitaph
"Bacon's Epitaph, made by his Man" is called the first American poem, and eulogizes Nathaniel
Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion in 1675-76. Some historians interpret the rebellion as a proto-democratic
movement against Governor Berkeley's autocratic regime. Others see it as merely a pretext to seize Indian land.
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