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What happened as a result of Defoe publishing his work The Shortest Way with Dissenters?

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After publishing his work The Shortest Way with Dissenters, Defoe was arrested. He was charged with rebellious libel. Due to this he was sentenced to stay in the pillory for three days. But this did not stop him to write. He even made another ode while in prison.

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