abolitionist:
(n)
person who supports an end to, or abolition of, an unjust practice. In the United States before the Civil War, the term abolitionist referred specifically to a person who supported ending American slavery.
allegiance:
(n)
loyalty to a cause or a governing body
aloof:
(adj)
apart from, unfriendly, or distant
civil:
(adj)
relating to the ordinary (nonmilitary) citizens of a state
civil disobedience:
(n)
refusal to follow a law or government demand as a form of protest and to achieve a social goal
conscience:
(n)
inner sense of right and wrong
egalitarian:
(adj)
relating to the idea that all people deserve the same rights and opportunities
expediency:
(n)
practicality and convenience at the expense of being moral and right
lyceum:
(n)
hall or building in which public meetings and lectures are held
machine:
(n)
apparatus, with multiple parts, created to perform a certain function; machine can also refer to a group of people acting together for a common cause (e.g., soldiers as a "war machine")
poll-tax:
(n)
fixed-amount tax all adults in a community pay, regardless of income, and often a requirement for voting; the poll tax was used in several American states until its abolition in 1966
posse comitatus:
(n)
group of individuals who work as law enforcement, usually armed
redress:
(v)
remedy or set right
State:
(n)
organized political community under one government; Thoreau frequently capitalizes the word State to refer to a government with power and a capacity for violence
subjects:
(n)
people under the authority and protection of a government
Union:
(n)
the United States of America (the Union)
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