Anthony Burns : the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave / by Virginia Hamilton.
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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
A.A. Knopf,
c1988.
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| Summary: | 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. This book is 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 187-189. |