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lara [203]
3 years ago
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Most people remember Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as reformers who practiced non-violent forms of protest and advocacy

. Both effectively changed the popular opinion about emotional issues for their countries and brought in a wave of change that was long overdue. But the practice of non-violent protest, or civil disobedience, started long before either Gandhi or King. It began with a quiet, shy poet who is best known for writing a lot about a pond.
Henry David Thoreau lived from 1817 until 1862, mainly in the area of Concord, Massachusetts. The issue that would tear the country apart in the 1860s had already begun dividing the nation. Thoreau was only 14 when Nat Turner led the slave rebellion in Virginia and was later hanged. In his late 20s, Thoreau began speaking against slavery in public, echoing the voices of freedmen like Frederick Douglass and Lewis Hayden.

Thoreau believed that a government that supported slavery was corrupt and immoral. He was also deeply suspicious of government. For these and other reasons, Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax for a number of years. The poll tax was a legal tax owed by every person. It was basically a tax on one's body. After not paying for years, he was at last arrested. He spent only one night in jail, however, as a relative paid the tax for him. He was reportedly furious that any tax was paid on his behalf.

It was this experience that Thoreau wrote about in an essay called "Civil Disobedience." In this essay, he argued that being moral and just came before allegiance to government. He wrote “If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." He also felt that voting was not enough to ensure that the right thing be done. He wrote that "even voting for the right is doing nothing for it… A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance…" He felt that one had a moral responsibility to resist unjust laws.

Which line from Part 1 best explains Thoreau's message?

Thoreau began speaking against slavery in public, echoing the voices of freedmen like Frederick Douglass
He was reportedly furious that any tax was paid on his behalf
It was this experience that Thoreau wrote about in an essay called "Civil Disobedience."
He felt that one had a moral responsibility to resist unjust laws.
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2 answers:
galben [10]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Explanation:

You could defend at least 2 of these as being the right answer.  My pick and it is only my pick, would be "<em>He felt that on had a moral responsibility to resist unjust laws."</em>

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That was what Civil Disobedience at its core was about.

It is also what Frederick Douglass Lewis Hayden fought for. These two men were colored and they were trying to wake up a nation to the injustice of slavery.

Whoever paid his pole tax had no idea why Thoreau wound up in Jail.

gtnhenbr [62]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Explanation:

You could defend at least 2 of these as being the right answer.  My pick and it is only my pick, would be "He felt that on had a moral responsibility to resist unjust laws."

That was what Civil Disobedience at its core was about.

It is also what Frederick Douglass Lewis Hayden fought for. These two men were colored and they were trying to wake up a nation to the injustice of slavery.

Whoever paid his pole tax had no idea why Thoreau wound up in Jail.

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