Slavery in Massachusetts

Summary

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

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