The Liberal Republicanism of John Taylor of Caroline

by Garrett Ward Sheldon and C. William Hill Jr.

This book is the first comprehensive chronological study of the works of a significant but little-known figure in early American history. A confidant of Thomas Jefferson, John Taylor of Caroline County, Virginia (1735-1824) represented the anti-Federalist position during the Constitutional debates and wrote extensively on government, economics, slavery, and liberty in each republic. Taylor's ideology blends Lockean liberal and Classical Republican...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611473608
• ISBN13: 9781611473605
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 263 Pages