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2 May, 10:38

Why did Henry David Thoreau not pay his taxes and went to jail for it?

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    At that time Americans were fighting in the Mexican War. Slavery at the time existed and a minority of Americans advocated the abolition of slavery. The man who was jailed was Henry David Thoreau. He refused to pay his poll tax and was jailed.
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