Question

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Thoreau)

State the explicit meaning of the following sentence by putting it into your own words: “I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave's government also.”

Answer 1

In the text, Henry David Thoreau is saying that he believes that a government that allows slavery to exist is not a legitimate government, and for that reason, such government should be overthrown by the people, or the people should at least engage in civil disobedience against it.