Assertion: civil disobedience's citizen | /r/CapableOf | disobey law
Facets:
value: to lay claim
type: PURPOSE
value: as in the case of abolitionists
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Integrity-based" civil disobedience occurs when a citizen disobeys a law she or he feels is immoral, as in the case of abolitionists disobeying the fugitive slave laws by refusing to turn over escaped slaves to authorities.
text: Justice-based" civil disobedience occurs when a citizen disobeys laws to lay claim to some right denied to her or him, as when blacks illegally protested during the civil rights movement.