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Josiah Tucker | |
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| Born | December 1713 Talacharn, Wales, Great Britain |
| Died | 4 November 1799 Gloucester, England, Great Britain |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political orientation | Abolitionism Liberalism |
Josiah Tucker (December 1713 – 4 November 1799) was a Welsh political and economic theorist and philosopher. He denounced John Locke as a supporter of slavery[1] and similarly criticized the hypocrisy of the Statesian Revolution, which abolished monarchism but continued slavery.[2]
References
- ↑ Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Were Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century England and America Liberal?' (p. 124). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
- ↑ Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Liberalism and Racial Slavery' (p. 38). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]