Censorship Documents

This is the first page of Charles Schenck's anti-draft leaflet which caused him to be charged with sedition against the United States. His case, asse...

Guy Fawkes—the most-famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators—signed two confessions, one after he was tortured and another eight days lat...

Fyodor Dostoevsky had a close encounter with a firing squad before he became a famous writer.  At the last minute, Nicholas I (the Russian Tsar a...

Magazine cover image of Epoch, published in 1864.  This image depicts the cover page of the journal Dostoevsky founded with his brother Mikhail.

The Espionage Act of May 16, 1918, gave the United States sweeping powers against anyone who spoke out against the government.  Charles Schenck w...

This text is an excerpt from the first chapter ("Anarchism and War") of Richard Polenberg's book Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court a...

Sol White published an account of his experiences as an African-American baseball player in his book, History of Colored Base Ball. Portions of that ...

This image depicts a page from the 9th edition of Fox’s Book of Martyrs.  Influenced by William Tyndale, John Rogers was a Catholic priest...

Jan Hus refused to recant his beliefs, no matter how hard anyone tried to change his mind.  He had endured months of imprisonment in a rat-infest...

Magazine cover image of Vremya ("Time"), an 1863 edition of the monthly journal which Dostoevsky founded (in 1861) with his brother Mikhail.

A leaflet, containing the following words, was issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe on December 16, 1961.  It acknowledge responsibility fo...

Jerry Malloy republished Sol White's book, History of Colored Base Ball.  From reviews at the amazon.com web site we learn these important facts:...