On May 2, 1765, the Georgia Gazette reprinted the Stamp Act. Publisher James Johnston remained neutral in conflicts between colonists and the crown and was forced to flee the state in 1776. When the British recaptured Savannah in December 1778, Johnston returned to the city to print the Royal Georgia Gazette.
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