The Dorr War: Treason, Rebellion & the Fight for Reform in Rhode Island (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540224293)

The short and portly Rhode Island aristocrat was hardly the image of the people's champion, but in 1841, Thomas Dorr became just that. At a time when only white male landowners could vote, the idealistic Dorr envisioned a more democratic state. In October of that year, the People's Convention ratified a new constitution that extended voting rights to those without land, and Dorr was named governor. That act would spark a small civil war, and violence erupted as the people of the state stood sharply divided in a conflict that reached the president and United States Supreme Court. Author Rory Raven charts the tumultuous and ultimately tragic history of a man and a movement that were too far ahead of their time.

Author: Rory Raven
ISBN-10: 1540224295
ISBN-13: 9781540224293
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2010
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d