Benjamin Fairbanks
American farmer convicted of sedition
About Benjamin Fairbanks
Benjamin Fairbanks was an 18th-century farmer and selectmen from Dedham, Massachusetts who received the lightest sentence of anyone ever convicted under the Sedition Act of 1798.
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American farmer convicted of sedition
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