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The Black Oath was a 1639 oath that Scots in Ulster who were over the age of 16 were required to take under penalty of a fine or imprisonment.

The oath required rejecting the National Covenant, an agreement signed by many people of Scotland during 1638, which opposed the proposed Laudian reforms of the Church of Scotland by King Charles I, and loyalty or obedience to the king.

References

  1. http://reformationhistory.org/nationalcovenantandblackoath.html
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/plantation/religious/rl02.shtml
  3. https://discoverulsterscots.com/history-culture/hamilton-montgomery/settlement-story
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