Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political LibertyHarcourt, Brace, 1953 - 558 pages Interpretive account of; the colonial experiences and political philosophny which gave use to the American Revolution. |
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... persons were placed willingly or unwillingly in the status known as indentured servitude . This status was a species of semislavery limited in time ( four to seven years ) by contract and in severity by the European rather than African ...
... persons were placed willingly or unwillingly in the status known as indentured servitude . This status was a species of semislavery limited in time ( four to seven years ) by contract and in severity by the European rather than African ...
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... persons , who were wholly free , each from the other . There can no necessary tye of mutuall accord and fellowship come , but by free ingagement , free ( I say ) in regard of any humane constraint . . . This Covenant is dispensed or ...
... persons , who were wholly free , each from the other . There can no necessary tye of mutuall accord and fellowship come , but by free ingagement , free ( I say ) in regard of any humane constraint . . . This Covenant is dispensed or ...
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... person , or persons ? 107 Theophilus Parsons , in the Essex Result : If the legislative and judicial powers are united , the maker of the law will also interpret it ; and the law may then speak a language , dictated by the whims , the ...
... person , or persons ? 107 Theophilus Parsons , in the Essex Result : If the legislative and judicial powers are united , the maker of the law will also interpret it ; and the law may then speak a language , dictated by the whims , the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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