In recent years , the negative associations with Uncle Tom \'s Cabin have , to an extent , overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a vital antislavery tool .
To him , as well as to many abolitionists and other antislavery leaders , it was , foremost , a moral document that had forever determined valuable criteria in shaping the future of the nation .
The second chapter discusses his intense call for freedom and justice with the individual ’ s conscience and nonviolence . According to the analysis presented here , it can be said that , in “ Civil Disobedience ” and his works about antislavery , Thoreau advocates what he practices .