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James Alexander James Alexander
John Peter Zenger Case Source Seditious Libel. Freedom of the press as a legal protection did not exist in the colonial period. Under English and colonial law, to criticize the government in a way that lessened the public’s esteem of it was to commit the crime of... Read more
Slave codes Slave codes
Slavery and Slave Codes Sources European Law.English common law did not describe slavery, though it did describe varieties of relations between superiors and inferiors, for example, masters and servants and parents and children. There were, therefore, no specific... Read more
Craftsmen Craftsmen
Craftsmen Sources Shipbuilding.The first European settlers in America founded towns along navigable rivers and next to deep Atlantic harbors. Waterways were the bases of transportation, communication, and travel. Necessity impelled colonists to use boats as their... Read more
Danvers Danvers
Danvers town (1990 pop. 24,174), Essex co., NE Mass.; settled in the 1630s, set off from Salem 1752, inc. as a town 1757. Danvers has light manufacturing, including electronic equipment, chemicals, machinery, and apparel. The Salem witchcraft incidents began there in 1692; more than half of the... Read more
Laurel (US cities) Laurel (US cities)
Laurel 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Primarily residential, Laurel has light manufacturing. The Washington, D.C., Children's Center and Laurel Race Course (opened 1911) are... Read more
Princeton Princeton
Princeton borough (1990 pop. 12,016) and surrounding township (1990 pop. 13,198), Mercer co., W central N.J.; settled late 1600s, borough inc. 1813, township est. 1838. A leading education center, it is the seat of Princeton Univ., the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary,... Read more
Annabel Annabel
Annabel ♀ Sometimes taken as an elaboration of Anna, but more probably a dissimilated form of Amabel. It has been common in Scotland since the 12th century and was still in use in England in the 1600s. Its recent revival in popularity in England and elsewhere dates from the 1940s.Variants: ... Read more
Blood substitutes Blood substitutes
Artificial Blood Artificial blood is a product made to act as a substitute for red blood cells. While true blood serves many different functions, artificial blood is designed for the sole purpose of transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body. Depending on the... Read more
Miscegenation Miscegenation
Miscegenation BIBLIOGRAPHY Miscegenation is generally defined as an intimate sexual relationship between individuals of different races. In practice, however, it has mostly referred to relationships between whites and people of color. Because of its pejorative connotation, the word is not... Read more
Miami Indians Miami Indians
Miami ETHNONYMS: Miamiouek, Maumee, Oumami, Twightwees Orientation Identification. The Miami are an Algonkian people, closely related to the Illinois. They inhabited the area to the south and west of Lake Michigan in mid-continental North America when Europeans first entered the region... Read more

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