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Varley, Doug – Humanities, 1992
Describes the efforts of Thomas Dorr to expand voting rights in Rhode Island to nonlandowning males. Discusses his leadership in the 1841 election in which voters ratified a People's Constitution that extended voting rights to white males who did not own land. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary Secondary Education
