When enumerating the inalienable rights of "all men," including "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson drew on a phrase from John Locke:...

Getting the Word OutNumber of pamphlets published between 1750 and 1776 addressing the Anglo-American controversy: over 400Number published between 1776 and 1783: 1,100 Number of newspapers in the...

African colonization A movement of Blacks and whites—but mostly whites during its 18th and 19th-century phases—that promoted the movement of free Blacks back to Africa, usually to spread Christ...