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Henry David Thoreau dies at 44, but his message lives on and encourages us to read.

Thoreau participates in the Underground Railroad and gives a speech on what it means to be free.

On an excursion, a Penobscot leader teaches Thoreau about the Penobscot culture and language.

Thoreau's refusal to support what he saw as injustice culminates in his essay "Civil Disobedience."

On July 4th, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moves into a 10x15-foot house on Walden Pond.

While slavery is illegal in Massachusetts, Black communities are forced to the margins of society.

Henry David Thoreau spent his life experimenting and contemplating on how to live a good life.

Thoreau is introduced to Ralph Waldo Emerson and the radical ideas of transcendentalism.

Leaving Walden Pond, Thoreau joins his cousin on an excursion to Mount Katahdin in Maine.

Mason Bates discusses how he creates the world of "The Escapist."

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