Historical evolution of fundamental American freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights, emphasizing their application to the civil rights issue.

1.Freedom of religion: Virginia jailings of Baptist preachers, especially Waller, Webber, et al., in Middlesex County, 1771 -- 2. Freedom of the press: Philadelphia, the Bradford case, 1692; New York, the Zenger case, 1735 -- 3. The right to bear arms: Virginia, courts-martial following Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 -- 4. Quartering of troops: New York, indictment of Alexander MacDougall for seditious libel, 1771 -- 5. Search and seizure: Massachusetts, superior court hearings on writs of assistance, 1761 -- 6. Due process of law: South Carolina, imprisonment of Thomas Powell for contempt of the council, 1773 -- 7. Trial in the vicinage: Rhode Island, investigation of the Gaspee burning by a special tribunal, 1773 -- 8. The right to a jury: New York, Forsey v. Cunningham, 1764 -- 9. Freedom from extortion: North Carolina, mock trials by the regulators at Hillsborough, 1770.