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A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts. The year is 1854. Anthony Burns, a Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston, but his freedom is short-lived. According to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Burns is soon imprisoned. The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged. Abolitionist lawyer Richard Dana steps forward to defend Burns free of charge, and the sensational trial brings massive riots and thousands of troops to the streets of Boston. At the center of it all, haunted by memories of his life as a slave and praying that his defenders will prevail, is Anthony Burns himself. This is the true story of his desperate fight for freedom.
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Juvenile literature, Biography, Fugitive slaves, African Americans, Slavery, Antislavery movements, Blacks, Juvenil, Slaves, Accelerated Reader, Slavery, united states, juvenile literature, Slavery, united states, New York Times reviewed, Afro-Americans, Esclaves fugitifs, Biographies, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Mouvements antiesclavagistesPeople
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Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave (Laurel-leaf books)
January 4, 1993, Laurel Leaf
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Anthony Burns: the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
1989, Scholastic
in English
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Anthony Burns: the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
1988, A.A. Knopf
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
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The true story of a young man struggling for freedom at the dawn of the Civil War
Anthony Burns is a runaway slave who has just started to build a life for himself in Boston. Then his former owner comes to town to collect him. Anthony won’t go willingly, though, and people across the city step forward to make sure he’s not taken. Based on the true story of a man who stood up against the Fugitive Slave Law, Hamilton’s gripping account follows the battle in the streets and in the courts to keep Burns a citizen of Boston—a battle that is the prelude to the nation’s bloody Civil War.
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