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The Devil’s Advocate - Boston, 1770

The Devil’s Advocate - Boston, 1770

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In the streets of 1770 colonial Boston, working men and woman are a flame with ideas of revolution. Straining under the ever growing economic oppression of the British parliament, the city was rapidly becoming a powder keg about to explode.

So when a shot from a red coat musket turned a riot into a massacre, why didn't the city erupt into chaos? The answer lies in the subsequent court case, where a future founding father took the stand to defend the guilty party...

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