Project Gutenberg 2010-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 115 Spooner, Lysander 1808 1887 The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Reading ease score: 48.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Curtis Weyant, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Unconstitutionality of Slavery" by Lysander Spooner is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work argues against the legal foundation of slavery in the United States, asserting that it contradicts the principles of natural rights as enshrined in the Constitution. Spooner systematically examines historical documents, state constitutions, and legal definitions to elaborate his case, positioning slavery as an inherent injustice that lacks any lawful backing. At the start of the work, Spooner lays the groundwork by defining the concept of law, emphasizing that true law arises from natural justice and the rights of individuals. He sets out to prove that laws permitting slavery are inherently invalid, stating that any government contract or constitution that endorses injustice is legally void. He critiques judicial systems for failing to align with natural law, positing that the legal justification for slavery is a mere construct of power rather than a reflection of justice. Through this introduction, Spooner establishes a framework to challenge the legitimacy of slavery within the broader context of American law. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slavery -- United States E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 376437 376438 2024-10-13T13:01:48.447088 2023-09-14T06:16:05.903306 text/html text/html 375806 2021-01-06T09:41:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 118166 2021-01-06T09:41:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 202562 2024-10-13T13:01:56.508031 application/epub+zip 208748 2024-10-13T13:01:51.939072 application/epub+zip 188409 2024-10-13T13:01:50.619044 application/epub+zip 408112 2024-10-13T13:01:59.931020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392465 2024-10-13T13:01:55.660036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354767 2022-09-14T15:07:56.546133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356314 356091 2024-10-13T13:01:47.737123 2023-09-14T06:16:05.390278 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 356194 2021-01-06T09:41:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 114769 2021-01-06T09:41:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 356185 2021-01-06T09:41:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114748 2021-01-06T09:41:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21199 2024-10-13T13:02:00.067995 application/rdf+xml 15946 2024-10-13T13:01:51.183043 image/jpeg 3737 2024-10-13T13:01:50.896048 image/jpeg 198422 2024-10-13T13:01:48.477190 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia