Anti-Rent War

Anti-Rent War

Poster announcing an Anti-Rent meeting in the town of Nassau, New York
Date1839-1845
Location
Result Abolition of feudal tenure
Belligerents
Tenants Patroons
State of New York
Commanders and leaders
Smith A. Boughton Stephen Van Rensselaer
William L. Marcy
John Van Buren
Gov. William H. Seward
Units involved
25,000 - 60,000[1] tenants

The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York between 1839 and 1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence from the manor system run by patroons, resisting tax collectors and successfully demanding land reform. The conflict resulted in the passage of laws that made feudal tenures illegal and outlawed leases greater than 12 years.[2]

  1. ^ Huston, Reeve (2000). "The Parties and "The People": The New York Anti-Rent Wars and the Contours of Jacksonian Politics". Journal of the Early Republic. 20 (2): 241–271. doi:10.2307/3124703. ISSN 0275-1275. JSTOR 3124703.
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