Starting in March 1768, a new Committee of Merchants campaigned to halt the importation of British consumer goods. In the wake of Parliament’s 1767 Townshend Acts, which levied customs duties on key imports to the colonies, explosive factionalism split Boston. Violent street politics such as these culminated during the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. On the heels of this narrow escape, a thousand-strong mob tarred and feathered a bloodied customs service employee “befor Dorr.” The night’s events made clear that the women were no longer safe, even in their home. “Skreeming” and enraged respectable gentlemen chased and nearly killed a controversial newspaper publisher. The sisters peered out their window on Boston’s Queen Street, too stricken to fathom the significance of the horrid spectacle playing out on the night of October 28, 1769. Colonial newspaper advertisement for the Cuming sisters
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