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based on wide and deep research into archives; Dorrs writings, correspondence and diaries; newspapers and political tracts; and court records and cases. One of its great strengths is that it shows why the Dorr Rebellion was more than a tempest in Rhode Islands teapot. It had national implications and repercussions, influencing sectional politics, the controversy over slavery, and political party development in the 1840s and 1850s.J. Stanley Lemons, HNN: History News Network
Though certainly a glut for Rhode Island regionalists, Chaputs book is no provincial monograph. Using Thomas Dorrs 1842 near-overthrow of Rhode Islands government as a centrifuge, The People&8217;s Martyr seeks to better understand constitutional intent, or at least how difficult that endeavor can be. In addition, it stations Dorrs rebellion as critical to fomenting the Civil War, and while most historians are gifted researchers, Chaput earns top tier accolades by looming his acquired facts into an engaging story relevant to both Dorrs time and our own.The Providence Journal
"Successfully shows how Dorrs Rebellion posed large questions about the nature of our democracy, and had an impact beyond what conventional wisdom indicates. The fact that its a compelling story only adds to the pleasure of reliving this piece of regional history."The Sun Chronicle
"Erik J. Chaputs deeply researched, beautifully written, insightful, and revelatory biography of Dorrs populist opposition to the states oligarchy and, by extension, to the government that it controlled proves conclusively that the ideology underpinning his rebellion had far-reaching implications for the nation in grappling with the meaning and legacy of the American Revolution."Journal of American History
"The Peoples Martyr is a vivid and nuanced narrative of the meaning of Dorrs rebellion for American constitutionalism and political culture."American Historical Review
Deeply researched and clearly written, Chaputs book is the fullest and most balanced account of Thomas W. Dorr and his extraordinary 1842 Rhode Island rebellion.Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution
In writing the fullest biography yet of the fascinating Thomas Dorr, Chaput has also rewritten the history of the Dorr War, a singular and, as he shows anew, pivotal episode in the rise of American democratic politics. The connections between Chaputs story, national political maneuvering, and the emerging clash over slavery receive especially strong treatment, in a very strong book.Sean Wilentz, Bancroft Prize winner for The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
Chaput puts Thomas Dorr and his Rhode Island rebellion into a wide-ranging historical context of political democratization, westward expansion, and bitter conflict over slavery. His meticulous narrative unflinchingly exposes Dorrs ironic transformation from young idealist into party hack.Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 18151848
From a constitutional perspective the Dorr Rebellion is Americas most significant democratic uprising. Chaputs new and meticulously researched analysis, linking the rebellions doctrine of popular sovereignty to abolitionism and the crisis of Union, establishes better than any preceding work, the national impact of Rhode Islands campaign for equal rights.Patrick T. Conley, Historian Laureate of Rhode Island and the author of The Rhode Island Constitution: AReference Guide
Valuable for any student interested in the Jacksonian or antebellum eras. This book was a pleasure to read."Jonathan Earle, author of Jacksonian Antislavery and the Politics of Free Soil, 18241854
Chaput brilliantly reveals how the concept of popular sovereignty as proposed by Thomas Dorr in Rhode Island actually further inflamed national sectionalism and exposed the weakness of the Second Party System that ultimately led to the Civil War.Peter A. Wallner, author of Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union
A splendid, carefully researched account of Thomas Dorrs daring attempt to overthrow the government of Rhode Island.Donald B. Cole, author of Vindicating Andrew Jackson: The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-Party System
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