Slavery in Massachusetts

This article is about Thoreau's essay. For the topic itself, see History of slavery in Massachusetts.

"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.

Sources

• 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

• Works related to Slavery in Massachusetts at Wikisource
• 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
• 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)