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Thoreau wrote Walking during a time of Manifest Destiny, the Fugitive Slave Act renewal, and rising tensions before the Civil War. John Brown was preparing an armed abolitionist revolt and the Underground Railroad was operating at its peak as Thoreau participated as a conductor. These political and social issues likely influenced Thoreau's perspectives expressed in Walking.

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What was happening at the time that Thoreau wrote
walking? Well:
Manifest Destiny
was the policy of the day
The
Fugitive Slave Act
had just been renewed,
John Brown
was soon to lead an armed revolt on behalf of the abolitionist
movement,
The Underground Railroad
was at peak operation (Thoreau was a conducter!) and
The American Civil War
was soon to get started...
How do you think these things influenced Thoreau's writing?
How did they shape him as a person, and where do we see
evidence of this in "Walking"?

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