# Ep. 40: The Age of William Leggett Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/ep-40-the-age-of-william-leggett-part-2>

**By** Anthony Comegna

**Published:** February 6, 2018

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William Leggett’s antislavery wasn't just spontaneous. His editorial career was spent teasing out the finer points of libertarian theory.

Last week we explored the life and ideas of William Leggett—the founding father of America's first identifiably libertarian movement. This week we begin with his attack on censorship as a gross abuse of government power, a sure sign that freedom was dying.

### Further Readings/References:

Earle, Jonathan. Jacksonian Antislavery \& the Politics of Free Soil, 1824-1854. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2004.

Grimstead, David. American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press. 1998.

[Sedgwick, Theodore III. A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett (2 Volumes). New York: Taylor & Dodd. 1840.](http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/leggett-a-collection-of-the-political-writings-of-william-leggett)

[White, Lawrence, ed. Democratick Editorials: Essays in Jacksonian Political Economy. Indianapolis: Liberty Press. 1984.](http://www.econlib.org/library/Leggett/lgtDE0.html)

Music by Kai Engel