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Nullification — and indeed anything involving the states — is all about slavery, right? What a surprise: the propagandists are wrong again. In this episode, the Tenth Amendment Center‘s Michael Boldin joins me for some forgotten history: how northerners expressly used the language of nullification and state sovereignty to fight against slavery.

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Article Mentioned

“The States’ Rights Tradition Nobody Knows,” by Tom Woods

Book Mentioned

Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century, by Tom Woods

Further Reading

The Tenth Amendment Center’s resource page on the fugitive-slave laws

Guest’s Websites

TenthAmendmentCenter.com

Legislative Tracking Page: tracking.tenthamendmentcenter.com

Model legislation page

Guest’s Twitters

@TenthAmendment

@MichaelBoldin

Guest’s Facebook

Tenth Amendment Center

Previous Appearances

Ep. 1075 Today’s Resistance to the FDA, NSA, DEA, and Other Evils

Ep. 688 From Leftist to Nullification Champion: Michael Boldin and the Tenth Anniversary of the Tenth Amendment Center

Ep. 579 Amazing: ACLU and Tenth Amendment Center Unite Against Surveillance

Ep. 525 States Defy Federal Government in a Dozen Areas, Crickets from the Media

Ep. 327 Nullify! The Agenda for 2015

Ep. 279 Tenth Amendment Initiatives Succeed

Ep. 229 Practical Ways to Defy the NSA

Ep. 190 State of the Nullification Movement

Ep. 161 Five Nullification Bills in One Week

Ep. 109 Nullification Picks Up Steam

Ep. 69 Nullification in 2014

Ep. 1 The Heroic TAC

Listener Website Mentioned

PrincipledLibertarian.com

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