Author

Publication

1902 - Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ3.H147 D
  • LCCPS3515.A3693 D

Description

This novel presents a portrait of the Antirent War in the Hudson River Valley (1839-1846) that turned violent after thousands of tenant farmers began protesting the legacy of the Dutch patroonship system which had granted manorial rights over millions of acres of land to just a few rich hereditary landholders. Downrenters were those who refused to pay rent and held to the rights of the tenants to the land because they had occupied it for generations.

Subjects

Topics

FictionRomans, nouvellesAntirent War, N.Y., 1839-1846Mouvement Anti-Loyers, N.Y., 1839-1846

Other Editions

  • A downrenter's sonHoughton, Mifflin and Company1902-01-01

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