The Concept of Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution

Introduction
1. A Word We Know
A Word to Love
The Britishness of Liberty
2. The Importance of Liberty
The Motivation of Liberty
3. Sources of Liberty
Ownership of Liberty
Naturalism of Liberty
The Extremes of Liberty
Unnaturalness of Liberty
4. The Bane of Liberty
The Darker Side of Liberty
The Bondage of Licentiousness
Licentiousness and Revolution
5. The Opposite of Liberty
English Backgrounds
British Contemporaries
Analogy of Chattel Slavery
6. The Concept of Slavery
The Meaning of Slavery
The Blessings of Liberty
The Motivation of Slavery
7. The Antithesis of Liberty
Liberty and Arbitrary Power
Arbitrary Power and Revolution
8. The Lawfulness of Liberty
The Particularies of Law
The Governance of Law
9. The Security of Liberty
The Property of Security
The Liberty of Property
10. The Constitutionality of Liberty
The Constitutional Frames of Liberty
The Balance of Liberty
The Liberty of Consent
The Constitution of Liberty
11. Liberty and the Revolution
Security and the Revolution
Taxation and the Revolution
Consent and Revolution
12. Slavery and the Revolution
Slavery and Parliamentary Supremacy
13. The Rhetoric of Liberty
The Ministerial View of Liberty
Liberty and Empire
The Empire of Liberty
14. The Definition of Liberty
The Equality of Liberty
The Limits of Liberty
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Short Titles
Index