Locke, the Carolinas, slavery, Voltaire, and...Penn
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In a much cited (2004) article, "John Locke, Carolina, and the two treatises of government" (Political Theory) David Armitage notes that “at least since the early eighteenth century, the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669) have been central to understanding the relationship between Locke’s political theory and his colonial interests.” It’s not entirely clear what he has in mind. The accompanying footnote cites modern scholarship.*
Locke, the Carolinas, slavery, Voltaire, and...Penn
Locke, the Carolinas, slavery, Voltaire…
Locke, the Carolinas, slavery, Voltaire, and...Penn
In a much cited (2004) article, "John Locke, Carolina, and the two treatises of government" (Political Theory) David Armitage notes that “at least since the early eighteenth century, the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669) have been central to understanding the relationship between Locke’s political theory and his colonial interests.” It’s not entirely clear what he has in mind. The accompanying footnote cites modern scholarship.*