According to "civil disobedience," what happens before thoreau is put into prison?

He doesn't pay his taxes for six years. I just did the test and got it right on                                                                                  Ed Genuity

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."