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On an excursion, a Penobscot leader teaches Thoreau about the Penobscot culture and language.
Thoreau participates in the Underground Railroad and gives a speech on what it means to be free.
Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson's family, but personal tragedy strikes both families.
Thoreau is introduced to Ralph Waldo Emerson and the radical ideas of transcendentalism.
While slavery is illegal in Massachusetts, Black communities are forced to the margins of society.
Leaving Walden Pond, Thoreau joins his cousin on an excursion to Mount Katahdin in Maine.
Henry David Thoreau spent his life experimenting and contemplating on how to live a good life.
On July 4th, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moves into a 10x15-foot house on Walden Pond.
Thoreau's refusal to support what he saw as injustice culminates in his essay "Civil Disobedience."
The life and work of Henry David Thoreau still inspire and resonate with people today.
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After Walden, Thoreau takes on new roles and adventures as an illness catches up with him.
After young Thoreau fails at a career in writing, he retreats to a cabin in the woods.
Thoreau lives at Walden Pond where he writes, while exploring nature — and himself.