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 ()
• The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform ()
• Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau ()

External links

• Thoreau’s Stance on Abolition
• Slavery in Massachusetts at The Picket Line
• "Slavery in Massachusetts" at eserver.org (annotated)