economy of the region, was utilized to securernan adequate supply of agriculturalrnlaborers. Independent frontiersmen migratedrnto western Pennsylvania seekingrnland and prosperity, and for many, to escapernthe grip of laws and Eastern values.rnMountains and self-determination separatedrnthem from the wealth, army, andrnculture of the Eastern elites and centralrngovernment.rnUnfortunately, a profound . . .
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