This essay answers the following question- how could the United States, a country based consciously on philosopher John Locke's idea of the "rights of man," come into existence incorporating the institution of slavery? But it does more than this; it ties this "fatal compromise" to its fatal consequences: a gradual erosion of rights that has occurred across all of our country's history.
This essay answers the following question- how could the United States, a country based consciously on philosopher John Locke's idea of the "rights of man," come into existence incorporating the institution of slavery? But it does more than this; it ties this "fatal compromise" to its fatal consequences: a gradual erosion of rights that has occurred across all of our country's history.
Slavery: America's Fatal Compromise
Slavery: America's Fatal Compromise
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940011153235 |
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Publisher: | Worthy Shorts |
Publication date: | 12/09/2010 |
Sold by: | Smashwords |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 68 KB |