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Holly Brewer defended this philosopher in an essay partially titled for “Inheritable Blood” that argues he morally opposed a document in which he wrote about a class of “leet-men.” He’s not Rousseau, but this thinker wrote that slavery is only permissible if the enslaved violates natural law and that no contract can create (-5[1])slavery. This philosopher and his patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury, wrote a document protecting slaveholders’ rights in the Fundamental Constitutions of (10[1])Carolina. In another work, this thinker argues that governments should protect “life, (10[1])liberty, and estate.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this English Enlightenment (10[1])author of Two Treatises of Government. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: John Locke
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