British Colony Gallery

PPRT2A-00007

Andrew Hamilton's defense of John Peter Zenger, establishing freedom of the press in the American colonies, 1734-1735.
Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Acquittal of John Peter Zenger, 1735

John Peter Zenger celebrating his acquittal after trial for libel, colonial New York City, 1735.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

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GATL2A-00024

Leonard Parkinson, a captain of Maroons during a Negro insurrection in Jamaica, 1700s.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a contemporary illustration

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