Henry David ThoreauAuthor
B. 1818 D. 1895 Testimony: In their Own WordsGo confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. |
Actions
-Refused to pay Harvard's $5 fee for his diploma
- Quit his job as a teacher because he didn't want to have to do corporal punishment (physically hitting a child as punishment)
- Started his own school, the Concord Academy, and started class nature walks and field trips to local businesses.
- Became friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos Bronson Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Jailed for refusing to pay poll taxes because he was opposed to the Mexican-American War and slavery
- Published a famous essay title "Civil Disobedience" that has since inspired reformers like Martin Luther King Jr.
- Published a now famous book entitled "Walden: Life in the Woods" that tells the story of when he lived alone by Walden Pond for over two years. The book mostly focuses on the simplicity, harmony, and beauty of nature. He felt society should act more like nature.
- Helped escapees on the Underground Railroad and lectured against the Fugitive Slave Law
- Wrote a speech where he publicly supported John Brown's actions at Harper's Ferry. He compared John Brown to Jesus. Started the movement among Abolitionists to praise Brown.
- Quit his job as a teacher because he didn't want to have to do corporal punishment (physically hitting a child as punishment)
- Started his own school, the Concord Academy, and started class nature walks and field trips to local businesses.
- Became friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos Bronson Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Jailed for refusing to pay poll taxes because he was opposed to the Mexican-American War and slavery
- Published a famous essay title "Civil Disobedience" that has since inspired reformers like Martin Luther King Jr.
- Published a now famous book entitled "Walden: Life in the Woods" that tells the story of when he lived alone by Walden Pond for over two years. The book mostly focuses on the simplicity, harmony, and beauty of nature. He felt society should act more like nature.
- Helped escapees on the Underground Railroad and lectured against the Fugitive Slave Law
- Wrote a speech where he publicly supported John Brown's actions at Harper's Ferry. He compared John Brown to Jesus. Started the movement among Abolitionists to praise Brown.
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