Locke, John

has biography: English philosopher, physician and one of the most important Enlightenment thinkers. Locke had an investment in the Royal African Company between 1672 and 1675. As the Earl of Shaftesbury's personal secretary, Locke also served as the official clerk for the Council on Foreign Plantations and helped to draft the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669), which explicitly promoted hereditary nobility and slavery in North America.
was born: 29 August 1632
died in: 28 October 1704
has nationality: Kingdom of England; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type: depicted
is current or former member of: Royal African Company

is referred to by: Wikipedia; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery; Holly Brewer, 'Slavery-entangled philosophy', AEON (2018); Barbara Arneil, John Locke and America: The Defence of English Colonialism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996); Charles W. Mills, The Racial Contract (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1997)

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