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James Otis

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James Otis

James Otis Jr. was an 18th-century American lawyer and political activist from Massachusetts who wrote influential pamphlets and speeches opposing British colonial policies. He is best known for arguing against the writs of assistance and popularizing the phrase "taxation without representation is tyranny."

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Neal, the Miller: A Son of Liberty

The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley

A District Messenger Boy, and A Necktie Party

A Runaway Brig; Or, An Accidental Cruise

An Amateur Fireman

James Otis · William de la Montagne Cary

Aunt Hannah and Seth

Antoine of Oregon: A Story of the Oregon Trail

Benjamin of Ohio: A Story of the Settlement of Marietta

Corporal 'Lige's Recruit: A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga

James Otis · J. Watson Davis

Down the Slope

Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation

Messenger No. 48

Defending the Island: A story of Bar Harbor in 1758

Dick in the Desert

The Princess and Joe Potter

James Otis · Violet Oakley

Toby Tyler; Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus

Left Behind; Or, Ten Days a Newsboy

The Club at Crow's Corner

James Otis · Isabel W. (Isabel Wright) Caley

Off Santiago with Sampson

The Minute Boys of York Town

James Otis · L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman

The Boys of '98

The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan

Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony

Toby Tyler; Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus