Jacob Abrams

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Jacob Abrams was a Russian-born Jewish anarchist and political activist in the United States, best known as a defendant in the landmark 1919 Supreme Court free speech case Abrams v. United States.

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Jacob Abrams canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish anarchist
Russian emigrant to the United States
anarchist
person
political activist
associatedWith Jewish immigrant radical community in the United States
radical political circles in New York City
cause anti-war activism during World War I
workers' rights
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
ethnicity Jewish
familyName Abrams
givenName Jacob
ideology anarchism
immigratedTo United States of America
surface form: United States
knownFor involvement in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case
languageSpoken English
Russian
Yiddish
legalIssue free speech under the First Amendment
prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917
movement anarchist movement in the United States
Free Speech Movement
surface form: free speech movement in the United States
name Jacob Abrams self-link
notableFor being a defendant in Abrams v. United States
notableWork Abrams v. United States
occupation labor activist
political activist
participantIn Abrams v. United States
placeOfBirth Russia
politicalAlignment radical left
religion Judaism
roleInEvent defendant in Abrams v. United States
subjectOf U.S. Supreme Court opinions on free speech
historical studies of American anarchism
legal scholarship on the First Amendment

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Abrams v. United States defendants Jacob Abrams
Jacob Abrams name Jacob Abrams self-link
Jacob Schwartz coDefendantWith Jacob Abrams
Hyman Lachowsky prosecutedAlongside Jacob Abrams
Hyman Lachowsky coDefendant Jacob Abrams
Samuel Lipman coDefendant Jacob Abrams