Friday, March 25, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Rebellion
Only two men have been convicted of treason against a state.John Brown of Harper's Ferry is well known. The other is Dorr. Rhode Island's charter from the king required land ownership by white men in order to vote. Dorr supported voting by all white men (at one time blacks also, although he changed his mind later.) Dorr held a constitutional convention and was elected governor, but the legislature also elected their own governor. President Tyler, asked to send troops, sent one guy, but sided with the legislature. Shirmishes followed. Dorr was arrested, jailed two years, freed, died shortly after. The legislature then voted in a new constitution.
A civil war, over voting rights,and I'd never heard of it. Found it while googling about my own voting rights case.
Only two men have been convicted of treason against a state.John Brown of Harper's Ferry is well known. The other is Dorr. Rhode Island's charter from the king required land ownership by white men in order to vote. Dorr supported voting by all white men (at one time blacks also, although he changed his mind later.) Dorr held a constitutional convention and was elected governor, but the legislature also elected their own governor. President Tyler, asked to send troops, sent one guy, but sided with the legislature. Shirmishes followed. Dorr was arrested, jailed two years, freed, died shortly after. The legislature then voted in a new constitution.
A civil war, over voting rights,and I'd never heard of it. Found it while googling about my own voting rights case.
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