The Dorr War: Treason, Rebellion & the Fight for Reform in Rhode Island - 7430

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.
ASIN: 1596299592
VSKU: BVV.1596299592.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Raven, Rory
Binding: Paperback