3. I talk about some of the history in earlier twitter-essay: https://storify.com/BlanksSlate/heer-jeet-critiques-libertarians-on-race …
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14. The defense of slavery drew heavily on Lockean notions of property rights: to abolish slavery meant ending a kind of freedom.
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15. Again, sociologically & not in the abstract, white Americans pre-1865 knew they were free because they weren't black slaves.
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@HeerJeet great call-out of Locke: a moderate Enlightenment character, writer of Carolinas’ constitution. OK w slavery.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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