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13. The Impact of Thoreau’s Political Activism
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A popular misunderstanding of Thoreau is that he was a dropout from society, not participating in the political life of his time. This caricature is refuted by a brief litany of Thoreau's many forms of principled and committed involvement in politics, including but not limited to his work in the anti-slavery movement.