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“Recollection of Old Friends”: A Historical Account of Rhode Island African American Community and Anti-Slavery Society Leaders in the Affairs of the Dorr Rebellion

This article recounts the actions of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society, its members, and Rhode Island Black leaders, headquartered in Providence, during the conflict that ultimately, through their agency, granted Black men suffrage in the 1842 Rhode Island State Constitution (a.k.a. the Law and Order Constitution) enacted in May 1843.

“Recollections of Old Friends”: A Historical Account of Rhode Island African American Community and Anti-Slavery Society Leaders in the Affairs of the Dorr Rebellion

This essay recounts the actions of the Rhode Island Anti-Slaveyr Society, its members, and Rhode Island Black leaders, headquartered in Providence, during the conflict that ultimately, through their agency, granted Black men suffrage in the 1842 Rhode Island State Constitution (a.k.a. the Law and Order Constitution) enacted in May 1843.

Recollection of Old Friends – 6.10.26

Recollection of Old Friends – 6.10.26

The “Tide Taken at the Flood”: The Black Suffrage Movement during the Dorr Rebellion in the State of Rhode Island (1841-1842)

This essay by Caleb Tory Horton provides a brief history of the Providence, Rhode Island, African American community and their involvement in the Dorr Rebellion.

Tide Taken at the Flood – 6.10.26

Tide Taken at the Flood – 6.10.26