Herman Husband was expelled for publishing a letter.

According to "The North Carolina Dictionary of Biography," Husband published a letter in the North Carolina Gazette, a New Bern newspaper.  The Dec. 14, 1770, letter was addressed to Maurice Moore, Jr., a prominent legislator in charge of a committee cracking down on the Regulators.

The letter purported to answer an earlier letter from Moore (which does not now exist) in which he blamed Hunter and Husband for most of the backcountry agitation.

Six days later, the House expelled him for libel. After his expulsion, "open violence flared in several western counties," the book notes.

Herman Husband was falsely charged, a historian argues.

The North Carolina History Project, a special project of the John Locke Foundation, argues that Husband was charged with libel and arrested for his role in the "Regulator" movement:

In 1769, Husband represented the Piedmont in the legislature. But on December 20, 1770, the Regulator was falsely charged with libel; however, Husband was still expelled from the legislature and on January 31, 1771, Tryon ordered Husbands’ arrest.  Sitting in a New Bern jail, Husband eventually learned that the charges of libel were dropped.  He was soon released. 

In a 1770 book, Husband wrote that "Obedience to just laws, and subjection to slavery, is [sic] two very different things ... God gave all men a knowledge of their privileges, and a true zeal to maintain them."

Herman Husband was kicked out of the legislature for libel.

A native of Maryland, he first came to North Carolina in 1754 to work as a land surveyor. Eventually, he settled on the present-day site of Hillsborough, growing wheat along Sandy Creek.

Husband, a Quaker, played a role in several colonial-era protests, according to William S. Powell's "The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography." He was then elected to the state House:

He served as an assemblyman for Orange County in 1769 and 1770 but was expelled during the latter session and imprisoned in New Bern for allegedly libeling Maurice Moore, Jr., and for threatening the Assembly, and initiating the revolt.

He remained in jail until 1771. He later moved to Pennsylvania, where he supported the American Revolution and served in the state legislature.

He died of an illness apparently contracted in prison while serving briefly for his role in the Whiskey Rebellion.