# Political Slavery in No Treason

> Theme guide for No Treason by Lysander Spooner.

The book equates being compelled to support a government one does not want with chattel slavery, arguing that political subjection denies self-ownership and is only a matter of degree from physical bondage.

## Where it surfaces

- [Introductory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/introductory): The chapter equates compelled submission to government with slavery, arguing there is no difference in principle between political and chattel slavery.
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii): Describes majority rule as a contest where one party becomes master and the other slave, with no final resolution.
- [II: The Constitution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii-the-constitution): The war is described as fought on one side for chattel slavery and on the other for political slavery, with neither side fighting for liberty.
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/vi): The chapter equates absolute, irresponsible congressional power with ownership of the people as property, reducing them to slaves.
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xix): The chapter argues that the war and subsequent government impose industrial and commercial slavery on all people, North and South.

## Links

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