Early Printing and Type in Canada, Chapter 2: 1801–1850

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While printers were still working in difficult conditions, this period saw printers starting to flex their muscles and beginning to have some success in challenging the traditional hierarchical structure of society. Many of the printers in this period went on to become politicians using their newspapers to promote freedom of the press.

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Early Printing & Type

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1801
2023-09-01

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Early Printing and Type in Canada, Chapter 2: 1801–1850

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