● Clarkson was a
(68).
member.
● Originally twenty-six
members.
● Reduced to twelve
because of illness and
death.
● Not rich—from the
“middle walks of life.”
● “Seized control of government”
explains that they took out debt
● Borrowed money to pay for
medicine, coffins, doctors,
nurses, and gravediggers.
● Personally responsible for debt.
● Helped provide food.
● Made sure sick taken to Bush
Hill.
● Ensured dead properly buried.
● Catalogued houses boarded up.
● Cleaned up homes.
Example 1: Courageous; Murphy
even though they were from the
“middle walks of life,” meaning
they were not rich.
Example 2: Took “drastic and
illegal” steps by taking over the
government, but Murphy says it
was “necessary.”
Based on the sections above, what is a central idea Murphy develops in this chapter?
How does he develop this idea through the sections devoted to individuals?