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
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