The Readers' Thoreau | Eileen Reinhardt | Activity https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/members/ereinhardt/activity/ Activity feed for Eileen Reinhardt. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:14:32 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6478614dc8d167711c190ceae1533dd2 Eileen Reinhardt left a comment on a post SIM 31-45 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/slavery/slavery-in-massachusetts/sim-31-45/#comment-10 Fri, 04 May 2018 00:39:16 -0500 Thoreau argues that policy is based on the morals and ideas of the majority of society at a certain time, and therefore cannot be used as a standard moral code or be “right.” It is based on what the majority deems […]

]]> 0 68da61dfb7d5f6868b2134d1731458c6 Eileen Reinhardt left a comment on a post SIM 31-45 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/slavery/slavery-in-massachusetts/sim-31-45/#comment-9 Thu, 03 May 2018 23:36:14 -0500 [since Massachusetts last deliberately sent back an innocent man, Anthony Burns, to slavery. ]

In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was signed under President Fillmore, which required the return of escaped slaves […]

]]> 0 a4c0c3df1bcb40ff8c96e09d206edf4b Eileen Reinhardt left a comment on a post SIM 16-30 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/slavery/slavery-in-massachusetts/sim-16-30/#comment-8 Thu, 03 May 2018 21:58:52 -0500 [It is evident that there are, in this Commonwealth, at least, two parties, becoming more and more distinct — the party of the city, and the party of the country. ]

I find it fascinating that Thoreau points o […]

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