Thoreau, What Do You Do About It?

Thoreau was a huge opponent of slavery, duringa when people owned slaves all around him and weren't being morally denounced for doing so. Thoreau saw the environmental writing on the wall before most people even realized that it could potentially be a problem. But whether he knew he was right or wrong or not, he still has to live in a world surrounded by people that don't see any problem with this stuff. Do you have an obligation to your fellow citizens to go along with what the majority has deemed to be morall acceptable? Or on the other hand, you might feel the exact opposite way.