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A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-slavery and reform papers.

Chapter 1: A YANKEE IN CANADA,
By Henry David Thoreau
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A collection combines a travel narrative of a New Englander's journey to Montreal and Quebec with sharp natural description and close attention to towns, rivers, and autumn foliage. Interleaved essays address slavery and reform, arguing for abolition, civil refusal to obey unjust laws, and defending controversial anti-slavery actions. Additional pieces consider personal conduct, literary figures, and civic duty, blending lyrical observation with moral and political reflection.

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Title: A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-slavery and reform papers.

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Contributor: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Editor: William Ellery Channing

Sophia E. Thoreau

Release date: February 23, 2023 [eBook #70123]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Ticknor and Fields, 1866

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YANKEE IN CANADA,

WITH
ANTI-SLAVERY AND REFORM PAPERS.
BY
HENRY D. THOREAU,
AUTHOR OF “A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS,”
“WALDEN,” “CAPE COD,” ETC., ETC.

 

 

BOSTON
TICKNOR AND FIELDS.
1866.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
TICKNOR AND FIELDS,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co.,
Cambridge.