Dear Ubiquitin,
I always understand these rights as more basic than just physical actions or state of being. Life means not just that I cannot be killed without having committed. But that the way I perceive it to be mine is not contingent on you or everyone’s agreement to it being my life. Therefore, Liberty means the expression of my life is only required to fit my definition of Life. (We call this today Purpose. But then they had a much larger concept of Destiny than we do.) Slavery and Suffrage fit neatly into this juggling act, that although the individual can define his Liberty as personal autonomy, he is still bound by whatever rules [Even rules that are not enforced or written anywhere. Like basic manners.] society uses in his situation. So his window of personal autonomy is narrowed. But he can still achieve his own Liberty = Purpose through personal autonomy.