On the record
That every man of the commonalty (excepting infants, insane persons, and criminals) is, of common right, and by the laws of God, a freeman, and entitled to the free enjoyment of liberty.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “That every man of the commonalty (excepting infants, insane persons, and criminals) is, of common right, and by the laws…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the inherent rights of all individuals to freedom, excluding only specific groups.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Other voices in this conversation
