Liberty's First Crisis Book Review
Liberty’s First Crisis by Charles Slack A violation of the United States Constitution could seem like something horrible for both the country and its citizens. Considering the violation was within 15 years of the constitution's creation date, you could tell the government wasn’t strong from when they branched off from England. The constitution was created for the citizens of the United States so they had basic laws to follow and they had special rights. When the Sedition Act was created in 1798 it created anger among the citizens because it stripped them of one of their rights stated in the constitution, freedom of speech. Political figures such as John Adams pushed for this act to be passed because many newspapers and articles had the rights
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This book is not necessarily a biography but most of what is stated in the book talks about the people who played a role in the Sedition Act rather than the act itself. The book is filled with “mini-biographies” on all the different people that had to do with this act. The sources Slack used were both primary and secondary sources. Some of the Primary sources he used were writings by James T. Callender, Benjamin Franklin Bache, and John Adams. The secondary sources were those written by historians or highly educated college graduates. Charles Slack did not have a strong bias on this subject. He sided with the citizens against the Sedition Act but he provided the point of view from everybody who had to deal with this law. This allowed a better understanding because it was not just who was write and who was wrong. He showed the pros and cons from everybody affected. Slack wrote this book because he wanted to inform people about the Sedition Act and who the main people were in it. These people impacted our country and they showed if you work hard enough at something, you can make it work, just like they abolished this act. The message of this book is the US has had many struggles in the past, such as the struggles to do with the Sedition act. Although we have had these obstacles in our past we have learned to overcome
This book is not necessarily a biography but most of what is stated in the book talks about the people who played a role in the Sedition Act rather than the act itself. The book is filled with “mini-biographies” on all the different people that had to do with this act. The sources Slack used were both primary and secondary sources. Some of the Primary sources he used were writings by James T. Callender, Benjamin Franklin Bache, and John Adams. The secondary sources were those written by historians or highly educated college graduates. Charles Slack did not have a strong bias on this subject. He sided with the citizens against the Sedition Act but he provided the point of view from everybody who had to deal with this law. This allowed a better understanding because it was not just who was write and who was wrong. He showed the pros and cons from everybody affected. Slack wrote this book because he wanted to inform people about the Sedition Act and who the main people were in it. These people impacted our country and they showed if you work hard enough at something, you can make it work, just like they abolished this act. The message of this book is the US has had many struggles in the past, such as the struggles to do with the Sedition act. Although we have had these obstacles in our past we have learned to overcome