tels or an abolitionist such as John Brown cried the same for freedom of the slaves they were called insane and charged with insurrection and treason. John Anthony Copeland a Black slave hanged along with Brown said, "If I am dying for freedom, I could not die for a better cause - I had rather die than be a slave." The ruling government hanged him. On the other hand Nathan Hale had said earlier during the Revolution, "I regret that I have only one life to lose for my country." The same government hailed him a hero. Thoreau summed it up when he said, "The modern Christian is a man who...shows the white of his eyes on the Sabbath, and the blacks all the rest of the week."
             The above shows two diverse attitudes toward civil disobedience. On the one hand the ruling government instills the philosophical doctrine of liberty and equality for themselves, while one the other han
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