Title: A downrenter's son
First published: 1902
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: Antirent War, N.Y., 1839-1846, Fiction, Mouvement Anti-Loyers, N.Y., 1839-1846, Romans, nouvelles