History of the United States

1. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Lysander Spooner 2 refuted 2 citations · 7 passages

   ch. 14 7 passages anchored here

   Bancroft's history is directly named and its characterization of the statute is explicitly disputed.

   Bancroft asserts, that “the (slave) trade is highly beneficial and advantageous to the kingdom and the colonies;

2. Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated John Taylor of Caroline 1 authority 1 citation · 6 passages

   ch. 7 6 passages anchored here

   Extensively quoted across several successive paragraphs as authority for the doctrine that sovereignty resided in the American people rather than in any social compact or ruling class.

   “From history the citizens of the United States had been taught that the maxims, adopted by the rulers of the earth, that society was instituted for the sake of the governors, and that the interest of the many was to be postponed to the convenience of the privileged few, had filled the world with bloodshed and wickedness;

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