Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers
This book contains a compilation of Henry David Thoreau's works about slavery and civil reform.
Slavery in Massachusetts
An Address, delivered at the Anti-Slavery Celebration at Framingham, July 4th, 1854. I lately at...
Prayer
Not with fond shekels of the tested gold,Nor gems whose rates are either rich or poor,As fancy ...
Civil Disobedience
I heartily accept the motto,—"That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to ...
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Read to the citizens of Concord, Mass., Sunday Evening, October 30, 1859. I trust that you will ...
Paradise (To Be) Regained
"Democratic Review," New York, November, 1843. We learn that Mr. Etzler is a native of Germany, ...
Herald of Freedom
From "The Dial," Boston, April, 1844. We had occasionally, for several years, met with a number ...
Thomas Carlyle and His Works
Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia, March, 1847. Thomas Carlyle is a Scotchman, born about fifty ye...
Life without Principle
Atlantic Monthly, Boston, October, 1863. At a lyceum, not long since, I felt that the lecturer h...
Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum
From "The Liberator," March 28, 1845. Concord, Mass., March 12, 1845. Mr. Editor:— We have now...
The Last Days of John Brown
Read at North Elba, July 4, 1860. John Brown's career for the last six weeks of his life was met...