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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002
Language:English
Published: New York : A.A. Knopf, [1988], ©1988.
Subjects:
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862 > Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements > United States > Juvenile literature.
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862.
Fugitive slaves.
Slavery.
Afro-Americans > Biography.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Biography.
Physical Description:xiii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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Call Number: E450.B93 H36 1988
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