His late years

-After leaving Walden Pond, Thoreau spent some time looking after Emerson's house while he was on tour in England. He soon took to lecturing himself. Still fascinated with nature
-he became a demoted abolitionist till the end of his life
- he then died May 6, 1862 in concord Massachusetts where he was originally born.
-Thoreau died of tuberculosis at the age of 44