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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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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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.
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