Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
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Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton's powerful true account of the sensational trial of a fugitive slave.
The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But according to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned. The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged, but the federal government backs the Fugitive Slave Act, sparking riots in Boston and fueling the Abolitionist movement.
Written with all the novelistic skill that has won her every major award in children's literature, Virginia Hamilton's important work of nonfiction puts young readers into the mind of Burns himself.
From the Paperback edition.
The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But according to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned. The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged, but the federal government backs the Fugitive Slave Act, sparking riots in Boston and fueling the Abolitionist movement.
Written with all the novelistic skill that has won her every major award in children's literature, Virginia Hamilton's important work of nonfiction puts young readers into the mind of Burns himself.
From the Paperback edition.
ISBN: 0394881850
ISBN13: 9780394881850
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Language: en
Publish Date: 1988-05-12
Book Edition: First Edition
Pages: 193
Dimensions: Length: 8.5 inches,Width: 5.8 inches,Height: 0.8 inches, Weight: 0.8 pounds
Authors: Virginia Hamilton
Binding: Hardcover
Subjects: SLAVERY_UNITED STATES_JUVENILE LITERATURE, SLAVERY_UNITED STATES
