Slavery in Massachusetts
1854 essay by Henry David Thoreau / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
This article is about Thoreau's essay. For the topic itself, see History of slavery in Massachusetts.