Lysander Spooner Quotes
A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
Lysander Spooner, 1808-1887, Libertarian, The Constitution of No Authority, 1870
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He was making a generalization based on his historical study of nations and societies.
In early New England the General Court served as both a legislature and a judiciary before separation of powers was introduced. 5 years later the Court banned importing African slaves at all. While slavery was not common in Rhode Island, the laws was not seriously enforced on those who would defy them. It does represent a public anti-slavery sentiment that existed in Early America. It would take 200 years for Rhode Island to finally eliminate all forms of slavery.
Referring to Black Congressman Julian Bond: Louis Eugene Walcott
Lysander Spooner was an American individualist anarchist. He was also an abolitionist, entrepreneur, essayist, legal theorist, pamphletist, political philosopher, Unitarian, writer and a member of the First International.
