Fugitive slave on trial : the Anthony Burns case and abolitionist outrage / Earl M. Maltz.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maltz, Earl M., 1950-
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Loring, Edward G. > (Edward Greely), > 1802-1890.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Physical Description:x, 174 pages ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The problem of fugitive slaves, 1787-1841
  • Prigg v. Pennsylvania and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
  • Massachusetts responds
  • Anthony Burns : escape, capture, and failed rescue
  • The rendition hearing
  • The verdict
  • Return to bondage
  • The fate of Anthony Burns
  • The fate of the rescuers
  • Loring under attack
  • The Personal Liberty Law of 1855 and the removal of Edward Loring.