Thomas Clarkson Quote

It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.


An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particulary the African (ed. 1788)


It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.