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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instanceOf abolitionist
entrepreneur
human
individualist anarchist
legal theorist
pamphleteer
political philosopher
writer
burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
founded American Letter Mail Company NERFINISHED
givenName Lysander NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
individualist anarchism
libertarianism
name Lysander Spooner NERFINISHED
notableWork A Letter to Grover Cleveland NERFINISHED
No Treason NERFINISHED
No Treason No. 6: The Constitution of No Authority NERFINISHED
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery NERFINISHED
Trial by Jury NERFINISHED
occupation businessman
lawyer
legal theorist
political philosopher
writer
opposed United States Post Office monopoly NERFINISHED
slavery in the United States
the legitimacy of the U.S. Constitution as a binding contract
placeOfBirth Athol, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
residence Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
supported jury nullification
secession as a natural right

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The Ethics of Liberty influencedBy Lysander Spooner