Jamaica Letter By Simon Bolivar

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According to Bolivar, he desires that South America be liberated from Spain and therefore uses the Enlightenment to a maximal extent in when regarding natural rights and Creoles’ freedom but embodies the Enlightenment to a minimal, if not at all, when regarding the natives perspective. According to his Jamaica letter, Simon Bolivar desires that South America, specifically the Creoles, gains its independence from Spain and completely uses the Enlightenment to justify his desires by giving examples from Enlightenment ideas in order to justify why Spain is not justified in their excessive control. When Bolivar desired that South America would be liberated from Spain, he gave examples of how South America was being taken advantage of to explain why South America should not be oppressed by Spain. He said that “the American provinces are fighting for their freedom and will ultimately succeed” (Bolivar).…show more content…
Therefore Bolivar believes that South America will eventually receive equality from Spain given their “efforts to obtain” their rights. Given these efforts, Bolivar uses Enlightenment ideas to prove that Spain is unjustified for their oppressive actions. He asks, “Is it not an outrage and a violation of human rights to expect a land so splendidly endowed, so vast, rich and populous, to remain merely passive?” (Bolivar). Bolivar is using the Enlightenment idea that if people are entitled to their own rights and that if they are unlawfully taken or shared, then the people have the right to rebel. Hence, the South Americans can rebel against Spain. As John Locke says, “whenever the legislators endeavor to take away
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