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Equal standing concerns whose claims and judgment count. An appeal to universal rights must also confront education, ownership and institutions that keep people subordinate.
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Guided course · Module 9 · Lesson 54
Who was left outside the language of rights?
Wollstonecraft and Cugoano challenge the exclusion of women and of enslaved people from equal liberty. What do their arguments demand of education, ownership and public institutions?