Thoreau Transforms His Journal into "Slavery in Massachusetts"
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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