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Smith, Jeffery A. – 1981
The career of James Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's older brother, provides a case study in the use of polemics for a free press. A printer who actively courted controversy, Franklin found it necessary to use an unusual variety of strategies and justifications to evade or overcome potential legal, religious, and economic restraints. He demonstrated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, History
