The imperfect revolution : Anthony Burns and the landscape of race in antebellum America / Gordon S. Barker.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barker, Gordon S., 1952-
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2010], ©2010.
Series:American abolitionism and antislavery.
Subjects:
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862.
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862 > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biography.
Physical Description:xix, 169 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue : remembering Anthony Burns
  • Perceiving the North Star
  • The elusive North Star over the cradle of liberty
  • The background to the spectacle
  • The meaning of the spectacle : "no more tumults" and the Black Bostonian response
  • A call to action in Virginia
  • Anthony Burns's St. Catharines : safety under the "lion's paw"
  • Epilogue : Anthony Burns, past and present.