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Civil
Disobedience discusses Thoreau's arguments for civil disobedience-the
deliberate violation of laws for reasons of conscience. Thoreau's
concept is based on the belief that no law should command blind
obedience, and that noncooperation with unjust laws is both
morally correct and socially beneficial.
The
Liberator was a leading voice for abolitionism in the nineteenth
century. Abolitionism called for the immediate emancipation
of slaves, based on the principle that individuals own their
bodies, labor, and the fruits of their labor. Abolitionists
vigorously opposed gradualists, who called for phasing out slavery
over a long period of time; they also opposed colonizationists,
who wished to relocate former slaves in another country.
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