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It shows that he thinks that Conrad is uncomfortable with the idea of African power.
At that time Americans were fighting in the Mexican War. Slavery at the time existed and a minority of Americans advocated the abolition of slavery. The man who was jailed was Henry David Thoreau<span>. He refused to </span>pay<span> his poll </span>tax<span> and was jailed.</span>
His followers went around a lot into different regions