John William Lloyd (J. William Lloyd) (June 4, 1857 – 1940) was an American individualist anarchist. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i Lloyd was born in New Jersey, and later moved to Grahamville, Florida. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. He based his individualist anarchism upon natural law, rather than on egoism as Benjamin Tucker did; this was a source of conflict amidst otherwise friendly relations between Tucker and himself. Benjamin Ricketson Tucker ( April 17, 1854 &ndash June 22, 1939) was a leading proponent of American Individualist anarchism Lloyd later modified his position to minarchism. In Civics, minarchism, sometimes called minimal Statism, small government, or limited-government Libertarianism

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• Anarchist Socialism by J. William Lloyd
• Speech to Ferrer Colony by J. William Lloyd
• Anarchist Mutualism by J. William Lloyd (1927) - A critical essay, written after abandoning anarchism
• A Brief Sketch of the Life of J. William Lloyd by J. William Lloyd (1940)
• Memories of Benjamin Tucker by J. William Lloyd
• Two early photos of Lloyd from the Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
• The Natural Man: A Romance of the Golden Age by J. William Lloyd (1903) - Utopian novel
• The Karezza Method: Or Magnetation, the Art of Connubial Love by J. William Lloyd (1931) - Manual about the practice of Karezza (controlled intercourse)