# Fairfield, CT-- Join us for the launch of local author Charles Slack’s new book, Liberty’sFirst Crisis: Adams, Jefferson and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech on Sunday, March 8 at 2:00 pm in theRotary Room at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. Just seven years after the First Amendment was passed as part of the Bill of Rights, John Adams’ administration passed the Sedition Act of 1798, an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government and its leaders a crime. Punishment included heavy fines and jail time. From a loudmouth in a bar to a firebrand politician to Benjamin Franklin’s own grandson, those victimized by the Sedition Act were as varied as the country’s citizenry. Liberty’s First Crisis vividly unfolds…
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