Download or read book Indelible Ink The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America s Free Press written by Richard Kluger and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vivid storytelling built on exacting research." —Bill Keller, New York Times Book Review In 1735, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal. The newspaper was assailed by the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant, and as being a direct challenge against the prevailing law that criminalized any criticism of the royal government. Zenger was thrown in jail for nine months before his landmark one-day trial on August 4, 1735, in which he was brilliantly defended by Andrew Hamilton. In Indelible Ink, Pulitzer Prize–winning social historian Richard Kluger has fashioned the first book-length narrative of the Zenger case, rendering with colorful detail its setting in old New York and the vibrant personalities of its leading participants, whose virtues and shortcomings are assessed with fresh scrutiny often at variance with earlier accounts.
Download or read book John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press in America written by Anthony Connors and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document-based question (DBQ) module brings together primary sources along with practice questions for students to sharpen their history skills.
Download or read book The Trial of Peter Zenger written by John Peter Zenger and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trial In The Supreme Court Of Judicature Of The Province Of New York In 1735 For The Offense Of Printing And Publishing A Libel Against The Government.
Download or read book John Peter Zenger and the Fundamental Freedom written by William Lowell Putnam and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Zenger was arrested for publishing disparaging remarks about the governor of colonial New York in his newspaper. His subsequent trial defense proved essential for the "freedom of the press" inclusion in the Bill of Rights' First Amendment. Putnam explores the articles in question and their import to colonial government, and how the trial impacted the small-press publisher's life, as well as the precedent's continuing influence on modern law.
Download or read book Freedom of the Press written by Jeanne Marie Ford and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printer John Peter Zenger went to trial in 1735 for publishing articles that criticized the colonial governor of New York. Help your readers to learn how his case helped shape the First Amendment, the definition of libel, the vindication of truth as a legal defense, and the right of a journalist to protect his or her sources. Readers will learn how Zenger's legacy established norms for the freedom of the press and how it remains relevant in the practice of journalism today.
Download or read book John Peter Zenger written by Livingston Rutherford and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tryal of John Peter Zenger of New York Printer who was Lately Try d and Acquitted for Printing and Publishing a Libel Against the Government written by John Peter 1697-1746 Zenger and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the famous trial of John Peter Zenger, who was accused of printing a libel against the government of New York. The trial was a landmark case in the development of freedom of the press in America, and is an important moment in American legal and political history. An essential read for those interested in the legal and political history of the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book John Peter Zenger written by Karen T. Westermann and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the famous printer who was arrested and tried for writing articles criticizing the government.
Download or read book Freedom of the Press written by Jeanne Marie Ford and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printer John Peter Zenger went to trial in 1735 for publishing articles that criticized the colonial governor of New York. Help your readers to learn how his case helped shape the First Amendment, the definition of libel, the vindication of truth as a legal defense, and the right of a journalist to protect his or her sources. Readers will learn how Zenger's legacy established norms for the freedom of the press and how it remains relevant in the practice of journalism today.
Download or read book The Trial of John Peter Zenger August 1735 written by Frank Brown Latham and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revolutionary Dissent written by Stephen D. Solomon and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When members of the founding generation protested against British authority, debated separation, and then ratified the Constitution, they formed the American political character we know today-raucous, intemperate, and often mean-spirited. Revolutionary Dissent brings alive a world of colorful and stormy protests that included effigies, pamphlets, songs, sermons, cartoons, letters and liberty trees. Solomon explores through a series of chronological narratives how Americans of the Revolutionary period employed robust speech against the British and against each other. Uninhibited dissent provided a distinctly American meaning to the First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech and press at a time when the legal doctrine inherited from England allowed prosecutions of those who criticized government. Solomon discovers the wellspring in our revolutionary past for today's satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann, and protests like flag burning and street demonstrations. From the inflammatory engravings of Paul Revere, the political theater of Alexander McDougall, the liberty tree protests of Ebenezer McIntosh and the oratory of Patrick Henry, Solomon shares the stories of the dissenters who created the American idea of the liberty of thought. This is truly a revelatory work on the history of free expression in America.
Download or read book A Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger written by Paul Finkelman and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger is one of the most significant publications of colonial America and represents a major turning point in the history of freedom of the press and the political development of colonial America and the early republic. The book, published by Zenger in 1736, recounts his 1735 trial on charges of seditious libel and contains groundbreaking arguments by Zenger’s attorney, Andrew Hamilton. In this volume — which reprints the text of the Narrative as well as other contemporary documents, including excerpts from Zenger’s newspaper — Paul Finkelman provides a thorough and lively overview of the issues, events, and political intrigue surrounding the Zenger trial and offers a broad perspective on the trial’s long-term impact. Finkelman’s introduction and headnotes to the documents provide historical context and analysis, which make the documents accessible to students. Other useful pedagogical aids include a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography.
Download or read book Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson written by Leonard Williams Levy and published by Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company. This book was released on 1966 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trial of John Peter Zenger August 1735 written by Frank B. Latham and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1970-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson written by Leonard Williams Levy and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic is the only compendium of primary sources about American statements on freedom of the press. Now reprinted with a new introduction and updated bibliography, it covers a range of sources, from Andrew Hamilton's defense of John Peter Zenger in 1735 to Alexander Hamilton's defense of Croswell in 1804. Each document is preceded by a headnote indicating its significance and each chapter is prefaced by an introduction. The general historical introduction to the book, more than 60 pages long, presents the provocative thesis that until the Jeffersonian reaction to the Sedition Act of 1789, American thinking on freedom of the press was extremely constricted. This thinking was best summarized by Blackstone's notion that the press should be free from prior restraints but otherwise liable for abuses. Many of the docments included by Levy are not otherwise available except in very rare books and include statements by both famous and obscure American philosophers and theorists. Thomas Jefferson -- presented as the foremost American libertarian -- receives extended treatment in a special section.
Download or read book Cato s Letters written by John Trenchard and published by . This book was released on 1748 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Peter Zenger His Press His Trial and a Bibliography of Zenger Imprints written by Livingston Rutherfurd and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating historical account of the celebrated libel trial of John Peter Zenger, a New York journalist whose publications critical of the colonial governor led to his arrest and subsequent legal defense. Rutherfurd provides valuable insights into the political, cultural, and legal climate of colonial America, and sheds light on the origins of press freedom in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
