The Squatter and Natural Law in Nineteenth-Century America.

In the decade before the California Gold Rush, the popular idea that Americans held a natural right to land as a legacy of the American Revolution was enriched and expanded by such events as the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island, the Anti-Rent War in New York, the flood of Irish refugees into New York...

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Published in:	Agricultural History Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 443 - 464
Main Author:	Pisani, Donald J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Duke University Press Fall2007
Subjects:	Enslaved persons Human beings Legislative bodies Homeless persons Constitutional law Undocumented immigrants American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 California Mexico
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost