Ep. 0116: Abolitionism & Anarchism (CJ’s presentation from the Midwest Peace & Liberty Conference)

At high noon on Saturday August 27th 2016 I had the pleasure of speaking at the Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest. Here’s the audio of that presentation.

Join CJ as he discusses:

• The different types of antislavery groups in Antebellum America
• The most radical part of the abolitionist spectrum, including the New England Non-Resistance Society, who were Christian anarchists in all but name
• How the anarchistic abolitionists simply took the antislavery arguments to their logical conclusions; and how some Southern defenders of slavery understood this
• The contributions of the ‘extreme’ abolitionists to the success of the movement
• Lessons and parallels for anarchists today
• Some Q&A

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External Links

• Murray Rothbard, “What Libertarians Should Learn from the Abolitionists”
• Robert Higgs, “Why We Couldn’t Abolish Slavery Then & Can’t Abolish Government Now”