Second Treatise of Government
What was Locke's view of slavery?
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
Loche had two notions of slavery: legitimate slavery was captivity with forced labor imposed by the just winning side in a war; illegitimate slavery was an authoritarian deprivation of natural rights. Locke did not try to justify either black slavery or the oppression of Amerindians.