Escavadores

Estampa xilográfica de um documento sobre escavadores por William Everard

Os Escavadores (em inglês: Diggers), ou como chamavam-se entre si, Verdadeiros Niveladores (em inglês: true levellers), formavam um grupo de radicais protestantes da Inglaterra liderado por Gerrard Winstanley. Foram vistos algumas vezes como precursores do anarquismo moderno[1] e também associados ao socialismo agrário.[2][3]

  1. Walter, Nicolas (1991). Anarchism and Religion. The Anarchist Library. p. 3
  2. Campbell 2009, p. 129.
  3. Citação: "That we may work in righteousness, and lay the Foundation of making the Earth a Common Treasury for All, both Rich and Poor, That every one that is born in the Land, may be fed by the Earth his Mother that brought him forth, according to the Reason that rules in the Creation. Not Inclosing any part into any particular hand, but all as one man, working together, and feeding together as Sons of one Father, members of one Family; not one Lording over another, but all looking upon each other, as equals in the Creation;" In: The True Levellers Standard A D V A N C E D: or, The State of Community opened, and Presented to the Sons of Men

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