"After supper he dictated to Boswell an argument in favour of the negro who was then claiming his liberty in Scotland. He hated slavery with a zeal which the excellent Boswell thought to be "without knowledge;" and on one occasion gave as a toast to some "very grave men" at Oxford," Here's to the next insurrection of negroes in the West Indies." The hatred was combined with as hearty a dislike for American independence. "How is it," he said, "that we always hear the loudest yelps for liberty amongst the drivers of negroes'?"
Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael dot perelman at gmail.com Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Mage Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 12:04 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Freedom v. Liberty On Apr 15, 2013, at 12:30 PM, David Shemano wrote: Therefore, to "money libertarians." liberty is a status relationship between man and the state, while for the modern day Hegelians, freedom is [the] state of a man. That is why, as I noted, the slaveowners fought for "Liberty" while the slaves and the abolitionists (and, after 1862, the unionists) fought for "Freedom." "Let's rally 'round the flag, boys rally once again, shouting the battle cry of Freedom! The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah! Down with the Traitors and up with the Stars! As we rally 'round the flag, boys, rally once again, shouting the battle cry of Freedom! Shane Mage
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