what about thoreau's night in jail made him angry

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jdoe0001 · Answer

dinner?  =)

jdoe0001 · Answer

pretty sure it wasn't fillet mignon =)

doc.brown · Answer

He refused to pay a tax and "someone, probably Maria Thoreau, pays the tax".
Rosenwald, Lawrence. "The Theory, Practice & Influence of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience". William Cain, ed. A Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau. Cambridge: Oxford University Press, 200

doc.brown · Answer

1839: Thoreau's name is added to the Concord tax rolls. 
1840: Thoreau's name is added to the First Parish Church tax rolls; Thoreau is assessed the church tax, refuses to pay it, is threatened with jail; someone else pays the tax; Thoreau requests that his name be removed from the church tax rolls, and his request is granted.
1842: Thoreau stops paying the poll tax.
1846: July 24th or 25th, Sam Staples arrests Thoreau and puts him in jail; someone, probably Maria Thoreau, pays the tax and Thoreau is released the next day.