greykit.essays — #1850s
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1859
[european-tradition]
On Liberty
Mill's defence of individual liberty against the tyranny of the majority — the harm principle and the freedom of thought, discussion, and individuality.
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1854
[american-civic]
Slavery in Massachusetts
Thoreau's furious response to the Fugitive Slave Law and Massachusetts's complicity in returning a man to bondage.
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1854
[american-civic]
Walden
Thoreau's account of two years living simply at Walden Pond — a meditation on self-reliance and deliberate life.
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1852-07-05
[american-civic]
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Douglass's searing Independence Day address — "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine" — indicting a republic that celebrated liberty while holding millions in bondage.