ENVS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Henry David Thoreau, Fugitive Slave Laws
30 Oct 2017
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Where i lived and what i lived for: Wrote in mid 1840s - took over 7 years to edit/ revise. Inspired to go to the woods because of the us-mexico war. Every time that more territory was annexed to the us, the western territories would have to be decided as pro or anti slavery. He didn"t want to be associated with slavery. Acted as a social instigator to the people in the town of concord - where. Law where if a slave escaped to the north, they would be returned to the he went south. Federal gov overrode states rights with this law. Became impossible for non-slave states to disobey slavery as an institution. He sees a moral decline in european americans in this moment. We americans have been ruined by wants. Riling up european men - those who can vote. Mlk praises thoreau as valuable to his movement. Ruined his sense of having a country.
