Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Clarice Neal
• Nettie Lee Benson

Titel

Freedom of the Press in New Spain, 1810–1820

Ist Teil von

• Mexico and the Spanish Cortes, 1810–1822, 2014, p.87

Ort / Verlag

University of Texas Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Freedom of the press was one of the first matters to be considered by the Spanish Cortes after it convened on September 24, 1810. Three days later a committee was appointed to study the question and recommend action. Only seven of the delegates from New Spain were present and their contribution to the passage of the ninth decree—the law which granted freedom of the press—was negligible. Dated November 10, 1810, its first article, as passed, declared that subject only to the restrictions and responsibilities set forth in the decree, any corporate body or private individual in whatever condition