"I am a Free-man, yea, a free borne Denizen of England, and I have been in the field with my sword in my hand, to venter my life and my blood (against Tyrants) for the preservation of my Freedome, and I doe not know that ever I did an act in all my life that disfranchised me of my freedome, and by vertue of being a Free-man, I conceive I have as true a right to all the priviledges that doth belong to a Free-man, as the greatest man in England, whatsoever he be, whether Lord or Commoner, and the ground and foundation of my Freedome, I build upon the grand Charter of England."
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The Copy of a Letter, from Lieutenant Colonell John Lilburne, to a Friend (1645), p. 2
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John Lilburne
John Lilburne (c. 1614 β 29 August 1657), also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642β1650. He coined the term "freeborn rights", defining them as rights with which every human be
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