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The Dorr Rebellion
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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 reform ultimately led to an armed insurrection that was quickly quashed—and to a stiff sentence for Dorr himself. Nevertheless, as Erik Chaput shows, the Dorr Rebellion stands as a critical moment of American history during the two decades of fractious sectional politics leading up to the Civil War. This uprising was the only revolutionary republican movement in the antebellum period that claimed the people’s...
To the Public, Regarding Dorr's Rebellion, 19 March 1842
Broadside regarding Dorr's Rebellion, issued to clear up deception regarding Reverend William Balch's stance supporting Dorr.
Thomas Dorr's Response to Whig Accusations During the Dorr Rebellion, Approximately 1842
Written in the third person and signed Gov. Dorr at the top of the page. Responds to accusations in Whig newspapers that he is one of the most pusillanimous cowards in existence and is about to descend upon Rhode Island with a military force. Compares Dorr to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Dorr, then an illegitimate governor, led the Dorr Rebellion over suffrage rights in Rhode Island. Penciled note on the verso indicates the document is written in Dorr's hand.
Verses Written After the Dorr War, 1842
An account in verse of the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, written in obvious sympathy with the Dorrite cause, the first two lines reading "Now to Rhode Island doth belong The lofty strains of Dogrel song". The authorship is unknown, and no other source for the text, published or unpublished, is known to exist. The title is written on p. [1], the recto of the first leaf, of which the bottom half has been torn away, possibly taking with it the author's name. The verses themselves occupy p. [3]-[44]; p. [45]-[52] contain "The house that Bowen built", a parody of "The house that Jack built" satirizing the Beecher-Tilton affair, with note at end "from Daily Graphic"; this piece, by W.A. Croffut, was printed in The daily graphic for 27 Apr. 1875, p. 426. The "Verses" and "The house that Bowen built" were clearly written by the same hand using the same pen and ink, and the present text therefore probably dates from 1875, but historical details and strong feelings expressed in the "Verses" suggest composition by a close observer or participant, in or shortly after 1842; that is, the "Verses" were quite probably transcribed from an earlier manuscript.
The Truth, Or Review of a Circular... On Dorr's Rebellion, Approximately 1842
Regarding Dorr's Rebellion. Title continued: ...addressed to the electors of the Western Congressional District on upcoming election.
The Dorr War
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The Dorr War
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