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Henry David Thoreau A Plea for Captain John Brown [1853] Slavery in Massachusetts [1854] Life Without Principle [1863] Civil Disobedience [1849] Walden, or Life in the Woods [1854] These works are Public Domain scanned by www.sacred-texts.com.

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A Plea for Captain John Brown [1853], Slavery in Massachusetts [1854], Life W

Henry David Thoreau's passionate defense of Captain John Brown and his stand against slavery, combined with Thoreau's broader critique of slavery in Massachusetts.

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