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labor, forced, 18, 20, 42, 43, 55, 76, 239, 241, 244, 265, 266

land grants, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 77–79, 92, 104, 105, 120, 135, 202, 228–229, 265;

headright system of, 76, 77;

joint, 28;

proprietary, 104

land monopoly, 36, 40, 43, 52, 77, 78, 104

land speculation, 29, 30, 41, 63, 77, 78, 104, 105, 113, 119–120, 126, 135, 136, 138, 227–230, 257, 260;

absentee, 30, 33

Laurens, Henry, 106, 119

Law, Jonathan, 167

Lawrence, Charles, 241, 242, 243, 244

Lay, Benjamin, 176

Lee, Thomas, 228–229, 230

legal tender, 125, 126, 130, 132, 134, 138

Leislerian revolution, 187

Letter on Toleration,168, 169

Levellers, 187, 188

Levellers’ Uprising (1766), 39

Leverett, John, 21, 22

Lévis-Leran, Chevalier de, 249

liberalism, 17–24, 25, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 166, 170, 171, 187, 198, 215, 219, 258

libertarianism, 26–27, 28, 48, 78, 145, 152, 166, 167, 179, 186–198, 203, 204, 236, 254, 267

Little, William, 92

Livingston, Robert, 38, 39, 42

Livingston, Robert, Jr., 40

Livingston, William, 151, 157, 172, 183–185

Livingston family, 40, 43, 147

Livingston manor, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42

Lloyd, David, 59

Locke, John, 48, 54, 158, 168, 169, 171, 173, 183, 188, 189, 190–192, 196, 198, 207

Logan, James, 59, 61

Loomis, Josiah, 40

Loudoun, Earl of, 246, 247, 252

Louisbourg, Fort, 61, 136, 216, 218–220, 221, 223, 237, 246, 247, 258, 259

Lovelace, Governor, 142

Low, John, 49, 51

Lukas, Elizah, 97

Lutherans, 57, 58, 113

Lyde, Edward, 132

Lynde, Simon, 130