The Trial of John Peter Zenger, August 1735: An Early Fight for American's Freedom of the Press (Focus) - Hardcover

Latham, Frank Brown

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0531010090 ISBN 13: 9780531010099

Publisher: Watts, 1970

Synopsis

The arrest and trial of John Peter Zenger oncharges of printng and publishing "several seditious libels" brought to a climax the bitter political conflict between the court party and popular party in colonial New York. the court party was led by Governor William Cosby and Chief Justice James De Lancey. The popular party was guided by James Alexnader, William Smith, and former Chief Justice Lewis Morris. The trial of Zenger, a poor, obscure german printer, involved more than a political quarrel in new York. it was a landmark in the long fight for a free press in American, which in turn rallied the colonists to write and speak bluntly against the actions of royal governors and other officials. Gouverneur Morris, a grandsom of lewis Morris and a member of the convention that wrote the U.S. constitution in 1787, said: "The trial of Zenger was the germ of American freedom -- the morning star of that librerty which subsequently revoluntionized America."

About this edition

• Publisher: Watts
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0531010090
• ISBN 13: 9780531010099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64