john peter zenger

New York City editor acquitted of libel in 1735 establishing the principle of freedom of the press

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Andrew Hamilton, representing this publisher at his 1735 libel trial, got him acquitted

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On November 17, 1734, a printer named John Peter Zenger was arrested for publishing "libelous and seditious"...
On this day in 1733 John Peter Zenger was arrested. Why does his case impact us today? Hint: Freedom of the Press.
November 17th John Peter Zenger William Cosby, England’s governor for the colony of New York, was a bully (cont)