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Eugene V. Debs — Canton Speech (1918)

· 1918 · Eugene V. Debs Foundation

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Debs's June 16, 1918 antiwar speech and trial record under the Espionage Act. Debs is the foundational U.S. Espionage Act political prisoner (10-year sentence, Atlanta federal pen); he ran for president from prison in 1920.