The Dorr War: Treason, Rebellion & the Fight for Reform in Rhode Island

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 12/03/2010
ISBN: 9781596299597
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d