Slavery & Abolition in the US
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Spooner, Lysander
Spooner, Lysander. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1845.
Lysander Spooner uses legal interpretation and the rule of natural law to argue that slavery is not specifically permitted by the Constitution of the United States.
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