{"product_id":"1852-human-rights","title":"1852 E. P. HURLBUT ON HUMAN RIGHTS. Foundational Text for Women's Suffrage and Abolitionist Movements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-35 citation-end-35\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-41\"\u003eA very nicely preserved expanded edition of Elisha Powell Hurlbut’s work on \u003cem\u003eHuman Rights\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-35 citation-end-35\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-41 citation-end-41\"\u003eone of the most intellectually influential antebellum works integrating natural law theory, legal reform, and emerging thoughts on social justice. It remains a significant text in the early thought of both women's rights and suffrage and on the issue of human enslavement.\u003c\/span\u003e A significant edition, including \u003cspan class=\"citation-40 citation-end-40\"\u003enotes by Scottish thinker, George Combe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8abf5303cdc17324-26\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-35 citation-end-35\"\u003eRights know no distinction of sex. \u003c\/span\u003eIf man has rights, woman has rights also; if man can claim a natural right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, woman can claim the same. \u003c\/em\u003e[On the Co-Equality and Co-Agency of Women]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo human legislation can create a right to a single human being to enslave his fellow-man; for the right to liberty is innate, and coeval with human existence. . . Man cannot hold property in man. The law which attempts to establish such a property is an outrage upon nature, and a nullity in the sight of Heaven. . . If one man can be born a slave, all men may be born slaves; for nature has made no distinction in the original rights of human beings. \u003c\/em\u003e[On the Outrage of Chattel Slavery]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8abf5303cdc17324-24\"\u003eWith regard to women's rights, the treatise functioned as a foundational legal and philosophical blueprint for the early feminist movement. \u003cspan class=\"citation-39 citation-end-39\"\u003eHurlbut dedicated two entire chapters to \"The Rights of Woman,\" forcefully arguing for women's full legal equality, married women's property rights, total divorce rights, and female enfranchisement.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-38\"\u003eThe book deeply impacted Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who drew heavily on Hurlbut’s constitutional arguments when drafting the seminal 1848 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-38\"\u003eDeclaration of Sentiments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-38 citation-end-38\"\u003e and remained so reliant on his ideas that she continued seeking copies of the text decades later.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8abf5303cdc17324-25\"\u003eAnd with regard to human enslavement, Hurlbut equally applied his framework to condemn human bondage as a fundamental violation of inherently endowed human rights. \u003cspan class=\"citation-37 citation-end-37\"\u003eBecause he argued that rights originate from nature and human constitution rather than state grant, no legislation could morally or legally justify chattel slavery.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-36 citation-end-36\"\u003eWhile his ultimate vision for political inclusion of formerly enslaved people involved gradual steps rather than immediate universal suffrage, his principled anti-slavery stance was strong enough to prompt his permanent departure from the pro-slavery Democratic Party.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHurlbut, E. P. with Notes by George Combe. Essays on Human Rights, and their Political Guaranties. Sixth Thousand. New York. Fowlers and Wells. 1852. 249pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood+ to very good example in original embossed publisher's cloth, some bumping and minor staining at top of front board as shown. Generally solid and clean with a small stain to foredge and some scattered foxing. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51328674168868,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1852-human-rights","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}