Slavery in Massachusetts facts for kids
This page 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.
On-line sources
- 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
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