In document C, Henry David Thoreau states that any man could go to jail if he is "not with her, but against her (the State)". There were

many criminals at this period in the United States because there were many controversial issues that people made different decisions about. Sometimes if these decisions were not parallel to the States then men would go to jail like the "fugitive slave, and the Mexican prisoner on parole, and the Indian". During this time period women's rights were an issue as well. In document F the Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848 states the "injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman". Women could not vote, had to obey laws they had no control over, and had no rights to land or wages. Another negative aspect of society before 1860 was the issue of slavery. Racism was very powerful and even after 1860 is still a problem, which resulted in such groups as the Ku Klux Klan, formed in the late 1860s and 1870s. In document H, William Lloyd Garrison was very passionate about abolishing slavery. He said that the condition of slavery was not something to be taken with "moderation" but had to be put to a s

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