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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

Book sources

  • My Thoughts are Murder to the State by Henry David Thoreau (ISBN: 978-1434804266)
  • The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform (ISBN: 978-0691118765)
  • Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau (ISBN: 978-1-88301195-6)
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