About this episode
The episode discusses the historical context of Anthony Burns' capture and Thoreau's reaction to it.
In 1854, when the escaped slave Anthony Burns was captured in Boston and returned in chains to slave-owners in Virginia, despite riotous resistance on the dock in Boston, Henry David Thoreau himself was shattered. Lewis ... The post Thoreau Meets ICE appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon .
People in this episode
Host: Christopher Lydon
Topics covered
- slavery
- civil disobedience
- historical events
- Thoreau
- Anthony Burns
- Boston
- ICE
Keywords
- Anthony Burns
- Henry David Thoreau
- slavery
- Boston
- Virginia
- civil rights
- historical resistance
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Boston, Virginia
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