Sentence:  Whereas , John Brown has cheerfully risked his life in endeavoring to deliver those who are denied all <WSD>rights</WSD> and is this day doomed to suffer death for his efforts in behalf of those who have no helper : 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"