''Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum'' is an essay style letter-to-the-editor written by

Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading Transcendentalism, transcendentalist, he is best known for his book ''Walden'', a reflection upon simple living in natural su ...

and published in '' The Liberator'' in 1845 that praised the abolitionist lecturer ''

Wendell Phillips Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney. According to George Lewis Ruffin, a Black attorney, Phillips was seen by many Blacks as "the one whi ...

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On-line sources

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Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum
' at ''The Picket Line''

Printed sources

* ''My Thoughts are Murder to the State'' by Henry David Thoreau () * ''The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform'' () * ''Collected Essays and Poems'' by Henry David Thoreau () Essays by Henry David Thoreau 1845 essays Works originally published in American newspapers {{essay-stub