According to Thoreau to what does a person owe the strongest allegiance

Henry David Thoreau motivated people to be truthful and loyal, his main objective in writing was the unfair government.

Making a big emphasis on slavery and war, many of his arguments talk about changing the government by doing what we consider right.

A very important moment in his life, which made him write the book civil disobedience, was the legal conflict he had due to his refusal to pay taxes to a government who according to his opinion didn't deserve it.

Having a heavy political an civil opinion he always showed that the biggest allegiance of man should be to the truth and to do the right thing as a society.

Henry David Thoreau graduated in 1837 and worked as a schoolmaster, after a short time he started to write poetry.

He stopped paying taxes against slavery and was later arrested, then Thoreau was incentivated due this reason to write his famous essay, "Civil Disobedience", at the same time US declared war against Mexico and invated the nation. So he thought that taking people's liverty wasn't honest.

In conclusions Thoreau believed that a person oews his allegiance or loyalty to justice, even I you need to disobey the law.