The people's martyr : Thomas Wilson Dorr and His 1842 Rhode Island Rebellion /

"Chaput tells the story of Dorr's life and the short-lived rebellion that he led against Rhode Island authorities in 1842. Occurring a decade after the Nullification Crisis, the uprising was the first and only attempt in America to claim the people's sovereignty as the basis for the r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chaput, Erik J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse (Content Provider.)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas University Press of Kansas, 2013.
Temas:
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, > 1842.
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, > 1805-1854.
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, > 1805-1854
1775-1899
Suffrage > Rhode Island > History > 19th century.
Dorr Rebellion, 1842 > History > 19th century.
Suffrage.
Suffrage > Rhode Island > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
Politics and government
Suffrage
United States Local History.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Rhode Island > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
Rhode Island
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Beginnings
  • 2. Jacksonian Dissident
  • 3. The Abolitionists and the People's Constitution
  • 4. Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We Must
  • 5. The Arsenal
  • 7. Grist for the Political Mill
  • 8. The People's Sovereignty in the Courtroom
  • 9. The Legacy of the People's Sovereignty
  • Coda.

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