This book is the first comprehensive chronological study of the works of a significant but little known figure in early American history. A confidant of Thomas Jefferson, John Taylor of Caroline County, Virginia (1753-1824) represented the anti-Federalist position during the Constitutional debates and wrote extensively on government, economics, slavery, and liberty in the early republic. Taylor's ideology blends Lockean liberal and Classical Republican ideas. This study fills an important gap in our understanding of early American political thought.