Lysander Spooner

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Lysander Spooner was a 19th-century American individualist anarchist, legal theorist, and abolitionist known for his radical critiques of the state, slavery, and government-granted monopolies.

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Lysander Spooner canonical 3

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instanceOf abolitionist ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
individualist anarchist ⓘ
legal theorist ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1808-01-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1887-05-14 ⓘ
educatedIn law (through apprenticeship rather than formal law school) ⓘ
familyName Spooner ⓘ
founded American Letter Mail Company ⓘ
givenName Lysander ⓘ
ideology anti-slavery ⓘ
anti-statism ⓘ
individualist anarchism ⓘ
natural rights theory ⓘ
knownFor arguments against the authority of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
critiques of government-granted monopolies ⓘ
critiques of slavery ⓘ
critiques of the state ⓘ
defense of natural law and natural rights ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
classical liberalism ⓘ
linked to: Liberalism

individualist anarchism ⓘ
libertarianism ⓘ
name Lysander Spooner ⓘ
notableWork A Letter to Grover Cleveland ⓘ
No Treason ⓘ
No Treason No. 6: The Constitution of No Authority ⓘ
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery ⓘ
Trial by Jury ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
legal theorist ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
opposed United States Post Office monopoly ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
the legitimacy of the U.S. Constitution as a binding contract ⓘ
placeOfBirth Athol, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
residence Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
supported jury nullification ⓘ
secession as a natural right ⓘ

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The Ethics of Liberty → influencedBy → Lysander Spooner ⓘ
Benjamin Tucker → influencedBy → Lysander Spooner ⓘ
Lysander Spooner → name → Lysander Spooner ⓘ