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The life of Thomas Wilson Dorr and his 1842 rebellion that set off a firestorm of debate over the nature of the people's sovereignty in Jacksonian America and foreshadowed the breakup of the national Democratic Party in 1860.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-11
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  1. 1. Beginnings
  2. pp. 12-27
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  1. 2. Jacksonian Dissident
  2. pp. 28-47
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  1. 3. The Abolitionists and the People's Constitution
  2. pp. 48-72
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  1. 4. Peacefully If We Can, Forcibly If We Must
  2. pp. 73-118
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  1. 5. The Arsenal
  2. pp. 119-140
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  1. 6. An Abolitionist Plot
  2. pp. 141-161
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  1. 7. Grist for the Political Mill
  2. pp. 162-181
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  1. 8. The People's Sovereignty in the Courtroom
  2. pp. 182-203
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  1. 9. The Legacy of the People's Sovereignty
  2. pp. 204-229
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  1. Coda
  2. pp. 230-232
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 233-296
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  1. Selected Bibliography
  2. pp. 297-314
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 315-322
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  1. Back Cover
  2. p. 323
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