The concept was partially embraced in the French Declaration of Rights of 1789 and, to a greater extent, in Thomas Jefferson’s language in the same era about “inalienable rights.”  It also shaped the thinking of those in England who led the anti-slavery struggle of the second half of the eighteenth century, the first human rights movement.
También dio forma al pensamiento de quienes en Inglaterra encabezaron la lucha antiesclavista durante la segunda mitad del siglo dieciocho, el primer movimiento por los derechos humanos.