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Freeborn is a prefix associated with John Lilburne
John Lilburne

John Lilburne , also known as Freeborn John, was an agitator in England before, during and after the English Civil Wars of 1642–1650....
 (born c.1614 and died 1657), a member of the Levellers
Levellers

The Levellers were members of a mid 17th century England political movement, who came to prominence during the English Civil Wars. They were not a political party in the modern sense of the word, and did not all conform to any specific manifesto....
, a 17th century English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 political party. As a word, freeborn means to be born free, rather than to be born in slavery
Slavery

Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
 or bondage
Debt bondage

Debt bondage, debt slavery, bonded labor or peonage are all terms used to describe an institution where workers are held as unfree labour....
 or vassalage. John Lilburne's concept of freeborn rights may have influenced the concept of unalienable rights mentioned in the United States Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the Thirteen Colonies then at war with Kingdom of Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire....
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Freeborn is a prefix associated with John Lilburne
John Lilburne

John Lilburne , also known as Freeborn John, was an agitator in England before, during and after the English Civil Wars of 1642–1650....
 (born c.1614 and died 1657), a member of the Levellers
Levellers

The Levellers were members of a mid 17th century England political movement, who came to prominence during the English Civil Wars. They were not a political party in the modern sense of the word, and did not all conform to any specific manifesto....
, a 17th century English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 political party. As a word, freeborn means to be born free, rather than to be born in slavery
Slavery

Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
 or bondage
Debt bondage

Debt bondage, debt slavery, bonded labor or peonage are all terms used to describe an institution where workers are held as unfree labour....
 or vassalage. John Lilburne's concept of freeborn rights may have influenced the concept of unalienable rights mentioned in the United States Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the Thirteen Colonies then at war with Kingdom of Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire....
.