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Thoreau Transforms His Journal into "Slavery in Massachusetts"

by Geoffrey Sauer last modified 2005-08-12 15:51

When he decided to speak in Framingham, Thoreau began to put together a speech culled from his 1854 Journal commentary about Anthony Burns and earlier journal entries in April 1851 regarding fugitive slave Thomas Sims. Article by Sandra Harbert Petrulionis; from the EServer "Thoreau Reader" Collection.

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