American Revolution Podcast - The Sedition Act of 1798
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Federalists in Congress, making political use of the panic over a possible war with France, pass a sedition bill, criminalizing criticism of political policies or leaders. The Adams Administration uses the new law to imprison critical newspaper editors, members of Congress, and even ordinary citizens for off-hand comments. This episode's, blog entry at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Testing the Constitution, by Terri Halperin (borrow on archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: The Prospect Before Us, by James Callender: https://archive.org/details/prospectbeforeus00call Join the American Revolution mailing list: ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on X @AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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