Submitted by anon (not verified) on Thu, 07/16/2020 - 20:42
It seems very likely that Thoreau at least knew of Spooner; they both personally knew John Brown. There were a lot of antinomian ideas (some being, in everything but name, Christian anarchism) coming out of the Abolitionist movement that Thoreau could be referring to.
It seems very likely that Thoreau at least knew of Spooner; they both personally knew John Brown. There were a lot of antinomian ideas (some being, in everything but name, Christian anarchism) coming out of the Abolitionist movement that Thoreau could be referring to.