Richard Cameron (Covenanter)
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Richard Cameron was a leader of the militant Presbyterians, known as Covenanters, who resisted attempts by the Stuart monarchs to control the affairs of the Church of Scotland, acting through bishops.
Cameron depicted in a Covenanter history published in 1901
Cameron's birthplace in Falkland
The Sanquhar Declarations Monument, Sanquar High Street
The Covenanters Monument at Airds Moss
The Killing Time
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The Killing Time was a period of conflict in Scottish history between the Presbyterian Covenanter movement, based largely in the southwest of the country, and the government forces of Kings Charles II
Richard Cameron (Covenanter)
…Cameron's head and hands were then affixed to the Netherbow Port for public display. The period in which these events took place was later given the name "The Killing Time" because hundreds, if not thousands of Presbyterians were persecuted and martyred for holding Cameronian views. In 1689, following the accession of…
James Renwick executed in 1688