The Unconstitutionality of Slavery

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Lysander Spooner's The Unconstitutionality of Slavery is a landmark legal treatise that argued the abolition of slavery not on moral grounds alone, but on the basis of the U.S. Constitution itself. Writing at a time when abolition was legally contested, Spooner demonstrated that the Constitution's protections of liberty and self-ownership made the institution of slavery inherently unconstitutional. Through rigorous legal analysis, Spooner exposed the logical contradictions between the Bill of Rights and the legal framework of chattel slavery. His work served as a foundational text for abolitionist legal theory and continues to be studied by legal scholars and activists alike. This EPUB edition preserves the original text and offers accessible reading on one of the most important legal writings in American history.