2006-07-21 13:03:41 · 5 answers · asked by Jennifer B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He went to jail for opposing it.
See
http://www.uua.org/news/2002/91102/civil2.html
from which I copied this snippet:
In his book, Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau touched on this when he noted that "It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."
You will no doubt recall the story about Emerson passing the jail in Concord, discovering his friend Thoreau there and uttering in astonishment, "Henry, what are you doing in there?" To which Henry asked, "Waldo, what are you doing out there?"
2006-07-21 13:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart King 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah Heroic individual -.-
too bad if he tried that today he'd get gang-raped so hard he'd contract full-blown AIDS in a week, from the quantity of semen up his ***.
2006-07-21 20:43:08 · answer #2 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was opposed to it, because he thought slavery would be extended to territories acquired by the United States.
2006-07-22 00:15:44 · answer #3 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He went to jail because he refused to pay taxes to support it. When Emerson asked him what he was doing in a cell, he replied, "What are you doing out there?"
2006-07-21 23:38:12 · answer #4 · answered by Woody 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i know he didnt like it and when he said something about it, they threw his *** in jail...
2006-07-21 20:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by amigothicnow? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋