What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?

Barbados

Barbados’s 1966 Constitution does not explicitly protect freedom of the press, but includes freedom to “receive” and “communicate ideas and information without interference” in its protection of freedom of expression (Political Database of the Americas, “Constitution of 1966”).

References:

https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Barbados/barbados66.html

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