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THE

UNCONSTITUTIONALITY

OF

SLAVERY.

BY LYSANDER SPOONER.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY BELA MARSH,

NO. 25 CORNHILL.

1845.


ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by LYSANDER
SPOONER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.


DOW & JACKSON'S ANTI-SLAVERY PRESS.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.--WHAT IS LAW?                              PAGE 5

   "   II.--WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS,                        18

   "  III.--THE COLONIAL CHARTERS,                        24

   "   IV.--COLONIAL STATUTES,                            36

   "    V.--THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,              42

   "   VI.--THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1789.
              (MEANING OF THE WORD "FREE,")               46

   "  VII.--THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION,                61

   " VIII.--THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,        65

   "   IX.--THE INTENTIONS OF THE CONVENTION,            135

   "    X.--THE PRACTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT,              145

   "   XI.--THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLE,             147

   "  XII.--THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1845,             150

   " XIII.--THE CHILDREN OF SLAVES ARE BORN FREE,        153




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