:''This article is about the concept. For the film, see
Freeborn (film)''
'Freeborn' is a prefix associated with '
John Lilburne' (born c.
1614 and died
1657), a member of the
Levellers, a
17th century English political party. As a word, ''freeborn'' means to be born free, rather than to be born in
slavery or
bondage or
vassalage. John Lilburne's concept of ''freeborn rights'' may have influenced the concept of
unalienable rights mentioned in the
United States Declaration of Independence.