John Locke, Abolitionism, and the Reactionary Enlightenment

In the increasingly polemical abolitionist and pro-slavery literature of the eighteenth century, John Locke’s thought was often tokenized. Both sides appealed to him in their respective defenses. Abolitionists centralized the anti-slavery elements inherent to his social contract theory – natural lib...

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Main Author: Brian Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aperio 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Modern Philosophy
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Online Access:https://jmphil.org/article/id/2503/
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