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Lysander Spooner

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Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) was an American abolitionist, lawyer, essayist and natural rights legal theorist associated with the Boston anarchist tradition and identified politically with individualist anarchism. His writings, including The Unconstitutionality of Slavery and No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, shaped both left-libertarian and right-libertarian political theory. He also founded the American Letter Mail Company to compete directly with the United States Postal Service.

Facts
Birth Year
1808 1
Subfield
Political Theory 2
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Associated With

Slavery, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Lysander Spooner (Wikipedia)

Practices Studied

Slavery, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Lysander Spooner (Wikipedia)

Shaped By

Anarchism, Social Theory and Concepts
Source Lysander Spooner (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United States

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Lysander Spooner
  • Wikidata Q538091, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)
  • Wikidata Q538091, P569 (w-bbfill-smallsix3-0926)
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2. Lysander Spooner (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808, May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
  • Lead, subfield political-theory
    Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808, May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
  • Practices Studied: Slavery, Article text
    Spooner's writings include the abolitionist book The Unconstitutionality of Slavery and No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, which opposed treason charges against secessionists.
  • Shaped By: Anarchism, Lead
    Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808, May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
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