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Why did Andrew Hamilton defend John Peter Zenger and free speech
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Andrew Hamilton defended John Peter Zenger and free speech because he knew how fundamental free speech and the ability to speak against the government was to the health of the relatively new United States--which prided itself on liberty.
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