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Chapter XXXI: The Dorr Rebellion

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The Right of Suffrage becomes the question of Rhode
Island's politics, 277

Inequality of representation, 278

No relief obtainable from the Assembly, 278

Formation of Suffrage Associations, 279

Peoples' Constitution, so called, voted for, 279

1842. Thomas Wilson Dorr elected Governor under it, 280

Conflict between the old and new government, 280

Attempt of the Dorr government to organize and
seize the arsenal both failures, 281

End of the War, 281

Dorr tried for treason and sentenced to imprisonment
for life; afterwards restored to his political and
civil rights, 281

New Constitution adopted, 282

Freedom of thought and speech the foundation of
Rhode Island's prosperity, 282

CHAPTER XXXII.

LIFE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.--THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.--THE
CENTENARY.

Life under the Constitution, 283

The War of the Rebellion, 283

Rhode Island's quota, 284

The Centennial Exposition, 285

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