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The Dorr War
Rory Raven
其他書名
Treason, Rebellion, & the Fight for Reform in Rhode Island
出版Arcadia Publishing, 2015-11-02
主題Political Science / Political Ideologies / DemocracyHistory / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)Political Science / ConstitutionsPolitical Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
ISBN16142310449781614231042
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7qgjCgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The remarkable story of the bloody conflict that erupted in 1841 Rhode Island over allowing non-property owners to vote.
 
The 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.