Slavery is a continuing state of war, not a legitimate compact

Evidence

This is the perfect condition of slavery, which is nothing else, but the state of war continued, between a lawful conqueror and a captive: for, if once compact enter between them, and make an agreement for a limited power on the one side, and obedience on the other, the state of war and slavery ceases, as long as the compact endures: for, as has been said, no man can, by agreement, pass over to another that which he hath not in himself, a power over his own life. — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 32

Categorization

• XREF: Definitionally ties to the reader’s ADDENDUM on sacrifice in that Locke’s slavery is a condition in which death is drawn on deliberately. — connects to: The state of nature and state of war are distinct conditions — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 27; Consent cannot justify self-enslavement because no one owns his own life — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 31; Military necessity rather than abolitionist conviction forced Union anti-slavery moves — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 576 (+4 more)
• DEFINE: Defines the perfect condition of slavery by distinguishing it sharply from any consent-based subjection.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Related

• Locke theorized just-war slavery to reconcile slavery with consensual government (similarity 0.79)
• The state of nature and state of war are distinct conditions (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Hobbes defines war as a persistent disposition, not the act of fighting #expands (0.85)
• Military necessity rather than abolitionist conviction forced Union anti-slavery moves #complicates (0.78) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 576
• North American plantation slavery was maintained by force and property, not cultural hegemony #expands (0.75) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2082
• Emancipation was a war measure serving Union preservation, not a moral crusade. #complicates (0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 586
• War labor and soldiering demands, not moral awakening, ended colonization #complicates (0.72) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 603