Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts

by John Chester Miller

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A stimulating account of the political hysteria of 1798-1800.

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Genres: Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 973.44 — History & geography History of North America United States Constitutional period (1789-1809) Proclamation of Neutrality, Whiskey Rebellion, Jay Treaty
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