"Like a 'flail in the hands of a thresher,'" the Jerkers of Rockbridge County during The Great Revival (1799-1805). Read more at: http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2017/06/21/jailing-the-jerkers/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).