Gibbs' Rebellion was an early rebellion in the
Carolina Colony
Province of Carolina was a province of England (1663–1707) and Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until partitioned into North and South on January 24, 1712. It is part of present-day Alabama ...
. It occurred in 1690. During the Carolina Proprietary era the colony of Carolina was the only colony to create titles of nobility. The tiles were
palatines
Palatines (german: Pfälzer), also known as the Palatine Dutch, are the people and princes of Palatinates ( Holy Roman principalities) of the Holy Roman Empire. The Palatine diaspora includes the Pennsylvania Dutch and New York Dutch.
In 1709 ...
,
landgraves, and
caciques
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; feminine form: ''cacica'') was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, the indigenous inhabitants at European contact of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The term is a Spa ...
. According to the
Fundamental Constitutions of 1669 a noble could take control of the colony as governor if the post was vacant due to lack of an appointed governor or Lord Proprietor in residence in the colony.
Capt John Gibbs
John Gibbs was an American noble. He led Gibbs Rebellion in 1690 following the Governorship of Seth Sothel.
Gibbs emigrated from Devonshire, England and was a relation of Carolina Proprietor Christopher Monck. Gibbs was named a Cacique, a title ...
, cacique claimed the governorship during a vacancy after the governorship of
Seth Sothe. The Lord Proprietors appointed Col.
Philip Ludwell
Philip Cottington Ludwell (1638 – 1723) was an English-born planter and colonial official who sat on the Virginia Governor's Council and briefly served as speaker of the House of Burgesses. Ludwell, in addition to operating plantations in Vi ...
as governor. Ludwell arrived in 1690
and Gibbs objected to this. Gibbs raised armed men and this armed gathering appeared at a precinct court. During this action they arrested two magistrates and shut down the court. Ludwell called upon the Governor of Virginia for aid to quell the uprising, who advised all parties to seek advise from the
Lords Proprietor
A lord proprietor is a person granted a royal charter for the establishment and government of an English colony in the 17th century. The plural of the term is "lords proprietors" or "lords proprietary".
Origin
In the beginning of the European ...
in England. The Proprietors gave their support to Ludwell which effectively ended Gibbs' Rebellion.
References
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Pre-statehood history of North Carolina
1690 in the Thirteen Colonies