Thomas Blacklock
1721 – 1791
Poet and scholar who had trained for the ministry but was rejected by the parish on account of prejudice against blindness.
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Blacklock was a Scottish Enlightenment poet, tutor, and scholar who advocated for education of the disabled. Having been blinded by small pox in his sixth month, his life served as powerful testimony in favor of his cause. On the American question, he defended the rights of the colonies, arguing that American resistance was justified because true political liberty cannot exist if the governed lack a voice.
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