
Show Notes: Herne
https://youtu.be/6iocwWDE660?si=DyEc44Uxtfhb8WsZThe Second American RevolutionThe Post Office where I grew up had a very interesting, eerie, spooky mural. I hail from Delaware County, which lies in the Catskills of upstate NY. What see below is a mural by Mary Earley, who was commissioned by the federal government.https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/down-rent-war-around-1845-mural-study-delhi-ny-post-office-35972https://www.tuckabold.com/landmarks-revisited/mary-earleys-dark-angels/https://hvmag.com/life-style/hudson-valley-anti-rent-wars/The land was rented to tenant farmers who paid their debts with crops and other capital. In this semi-feudal but legal arrangement, a few privileged families controlled more than 2 million acres of land from Albany to Delaware Counties, as well as the lives of about 300,000 people.Feudalism was declared illegal in New York State in 1782, but the practice continued. After the War for Independence, many farmers found themselves still beholden to these old aristocracies. The farmer paid all taxes, while the landowners paid…