Topic > Analysis of the declaration of secession from Mississippi

The first is that Locke would never have admitted the presence of slaves. Locke says in section 23 that no one can be completely the slave of another person, either by force or willingly. This passage used against slavery is also the passage that can refute this argument. He says that the slave still has control over his life, because he cannot give it to another person. However, at the end of this section, it is said that by resisting his master's will, the slave "brings upon himself the death he desires" (Locke, sec 23). The slave can choose life or death at any moment, and when he goes against his master, he asks for death. The second argument against supporting Mississippi is the right of the people to rebel. Locke would not want a revolution for “every little mismanagement of public affairs” (Locke, Sec 225). The crime would need to continue if the government didn't do what the people want, over and over again. Locke also wants there to always be a government, otherwise there would be chaos. And if a society disappears, then a government cannot remain (Locke, Sec