On July 24 or July 25, 1846, Thoreau<span> ran into the local tax collector, Sam Staples, who asked him to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. </span>Thoreau<span> refused because of his opposition to the Mexican–American War and slavery, and he spent a night in </span>jail <span>because of this refusal.</span>
A. Members of political parties who expected to earn government jobs from their party's elected office holders.
It’s completely wrong and disappointing to see such hate in people for no reason. It’s disgusting how people can just get away with it.
