The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner
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"The Unconstitutionality of Slavery" by Lysander Spooner is an abolitionist essay written in 1845. Challenging both proslavery advocates and fellow abolitionists who believed the Constitution supported slavery, Spooner argues the opposite case. Drawing on natural law, colonial charters, and founding documents, he contends that slavery has no legal basis in America and that Congress must abolish it. His radical constitutional interpretation proved highly influential among political abolitionists, though Spooner's anarchist principles kept
him from joining their movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Spooner, Lysander, 1808-1887 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Unconstitutionality of Slavery |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unconstitutionality_of_Slavery |
| Credits |
Produced by Curtis Weyant, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| Subject | Slavery -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 31844 |
| Release Date | Mar 31, 2010 |
| Last Update | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 291 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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