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
 * Slavery in Massachusetts at The Picket Line
 * Slavery in Massachusetts at eserver.org (annotated)
 * Slavery in Massachusetts at eserver.org (annotated)

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)