Luther Baldwin was a relative unknown who made a joke in bad taste, got arrested and changed the course of American history.
All tagged Alien and Sedition Acts
Luther Baldwin was a relative unknown who made a joke in bad taste, got arrested and changed the course of American history.
Anthony Haswell was a Vermont printer who was imprisoned under the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Benjamin Franklin Bache is looked back on today as one of the first important proponents of Freedom of Speech in the young republic.