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Anthony Burns
the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
By Hamilton, Virginia
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39488-185-0
- Publisher
- New York : A.A. Knopf, c1988.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1988
Gr 7-Up In 1854, Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old black man, was put on trial in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Abolitionist activity and the efforts of lawyers, black ministers, and humanitarians to prevent the return of the prisoner to Virginia caused demonstrations by mobs of citizens, the calling out of 2000 militia, and several episodes of violence during the proceedings. Retelling the day-by-day events of the trial which polarized the city, Hamilton shows the kin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
