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Early Modern · 1652
The Law of Freedom in a Platform
Gerrard Winstanley · 1609–1676
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What it is
A commonwealth without buying or selling, in which the earth is a common treasury and clergy are replaced by weekly public teaching on any useful subject.
Why it lasted
The most radical programme of the English Revolution, written by the leader of the Diggers after their communal farm was destroyed.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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