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1556

1556: King Henry II issues an edict enfranchising all serfs in the Dauphiné region, a precedent for the “freedom principle.” This legal development in France…

1556: King Henry II issues an edict enfranchising all serfs in the Dauphiné region, a precedent for the “freedom principle.” This legal development in France provided an early intellectual foundation for notions of universal liberty.

Source  ·  p. 28 Ghachem, The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution, 28