Slavery in Massachusetts is an 1854 essay by Henry David Thoreau based on a speech he gave at an anti-slavery rally at Framingham, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1854, after the re-enslavement in Boston, Massachusetts of fugitive slave Anthony Burns.
See also
edit- Civil Disobedience by Thoreau
On-line sources
edit- Slavery in Massachusetts at Wikisource
- A complete collection of Thoreau's essays, including Slavery in Massachusetts at Standard Ebooks
- Slavery in Massachusetts at The Picket Line
- Slavery in Massachusetts at eserver.org (annotated)
Book sources
edit- My Thoughts are Murder to the State by Henry David Thoreau (ISBN 978-1434804266)
- The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform (ISBN 978-0691118765)
- Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau (ISBN 978-1-88301195-6)
External links
edit- Petrulionis, Sandra Harbert (2006), Editorial Savoir Faire: Thoreau Transforms His Journal into Slavery in Massachusetts, archived from the original on March 30, 2014
- Thoreau’s Stance on Abolition