Freedom, as the natural state of being for all living organisms including humans, can only be subject to unwritten law or what is called in the Declaration of Independence the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” The first law of the Organic Laws, the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, recognizes that freedom is no product of written law. The Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777 creates a first Union of States that is delegated the power of war and self-defense of those States, but not of the personal right of self-defense of the people, which is individually retained. The settlers and inhabitants of the Northwest Territory have only the personal right of self-defense. The Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787 is ordained to provide a defense and temporary government for those who live on territory owned by the United States of America. The Constitution of September 17, 1787 creates a permanent Union of the States constituted of the territory owned by and ceded to the United States of America.
The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 declares, as self-evident truth, that all men are created equal, so they must consent to be governed either privately as slaves, tenants, servants, employees, or by a government, as citizens or residents on government territory. Government, however, may not make law for free people known as free inhabitant as freedom is an unalienable Right. Government may make certain laws for its citizens no matter where they may be found. As there is no God given right to government employment, governments may restrict such employment to its citizens or to residents of its territory.
A person, who does not consent, in writing, to be governed is a free inhabitant with respect to government. Article IV of the Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777 makes it clear that no free adult inhabitant can be forced to consent to be governed by any State. A free adult inhabitant may rule himself or herself with either written or unwritten rules, but has power to make written rules for only one other kind of adult—the settler or inhabitant of territory owned by and ceded to the United States of America.
Freedom is the result of “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God,” which has to be unwritten law, as such, it is not found in law schools, courts or law libraries. The closest we will get to a written law of freedom is the law that actually limits government. The reader need not read many of these Posts to understand the ability to accurately read written government law is taught in no other place.