John Adams under fire: the founding father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial
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Author:
Contributors:
Fisher, David, 1946- author.
Published:
Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2020.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
313 pages : black & white illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
973.4 ABR
Description
History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. As John Adams would later remember, "On that night the formation of American independence was born." Yet when the British soldiers faced trial, the young lawyer Adams was determined that they receive a fair one. He volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a colony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become United States law.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826.
Boston (Mass.) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Boston Massacre, 1770.
Law -- Massachusetts -- History.
Lawyers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Trials (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Boston (Mass.) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Boston Massacre, 1770.
Law -- Massachusetts -- History.
Lawyers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Trials (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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Unknown
ISBN:
9781335015921, 1335015922
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-293) and index.
Description
History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. As John Adams would later remember, "On that night the formation of American independence was born." Yet when the British soldiers faced trial, the young lawyer Adams was determined that they receive a fair one. He volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a colony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become United States law.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Abrams, D., & Fisher, D. (2020). John Adams under fire: the founding father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial. Hanover Square Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Abrams, Dan, 1966- and David Fisher. 2020. John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial. Hanover Square Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Abrams, Dan, 1966- and David Fisher, John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial. Hanover Square Press, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Abrams, Dan and David Fisher. John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial. Hanover Square Press, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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