The People's Martyr : The People's Martyr /

"In 1840s Rhode Island, the state's seventeenth-century colonial charter remained in force and restricted suffrage to property owners, effectively disenfranchising 60 percent of potential voters. Thomas Wilson Dorr's failed attempt to rectify that situation through constitutional refo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chaput, Erik J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse (Content Provider.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas University Press of Kansas, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, > 1805-1854.
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, > 1842.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
United States Local History.
Suffrage.
Politics and government.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Suffrage > Rhode Island > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Dorr Rebellion, 1842 > History > 19th century.
Suffrage > Rhode Island > History > 19th century.
Rhode Island.
Rhode Island > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
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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