The Unconstitutionality of Slavery (1860)
The first of a two part series on Spooner’s theory that the institution of slavery was not supported by the ideas behind the constitution and was thus “unconstitutional.”
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery (Boston: Bela Marsh, 1860).
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- Author: Lysander Spooner
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS OF PART FIRST.
- THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY.
- CHAPTER I.: WHAT IS LAW?
- CHAPTER II.: WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS.
- CHAPTER III.: THE COLONIAL CHARTERS.
- CHAPTER IV.: COLONIAL STATUTES.
- CHAPTER V.: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- CHAPTER VI.: THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1789.
- CHAPTER VII.: THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.
- CHAPTER VIII.: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
- SECONDLY.
- CHAPTER IX.: THE INTENTIONS OF THE CONVENTION.
- CHAPTER X.: THE PRACTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
- CHAPTER XI.: THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLE.
- CHAPTER XII.: THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1845.
- CHAPTER XIII.: THE CHILDREN OF SLAVES ARE BORN FREE.
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