Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Seth Luther ( 1795 – April 29, 1863) was an American antebellum workers' and suffrage organizer based in Providence, Rhode Island. A carpenter by trade, Luther was renowned in his time for his oratory skills and early work to organize workers into trade unions in the New England area. He was a key participate in Rhode Island’s Dorr Rebellion of 1842, where the working people of Rhode Island took up arms in an ill-fated attempt to expand the voting franchise against to non-property holding men. Later in life he was arrested and institutionalized after trying to rob a bank in the name of American President James K. Polk. He died in the Brattleboro Asylum on April 29, 1863. In 2001, The Rhode Island Heritage Society inducted Luther into its Hall of Fame in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of union organizing in Rhode Island.. }
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- Seth_Luther abstract "Seth Luther ( 1795 – April 29, 1863) was an American antebellum workers' and suffrage organizer based in Providence, Rhode Island. A carpenter by trade, Luther was renowned in his time for his oratory skills and early work to organize workers into trade unions in the New England area. He was a key participate in Rhode Island’s Dorr Rebellion of 1842, where the working people of Rhode Island took up arms in an ill-fated attempt to expand the voting franchise against to non-property holding men. Later in life he was arrested and institutionalized after trying to rob a bank in the name of American President James K. Polk. He died in the Brattleboro Asylum on April 29, 1863. In 2001, The Rhode Island Heritage Society inducted Luther into its Hall of Fame in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of union organizing in Rhode Island.".