Anthony Burns : the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave /
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: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
A.A. Knopf,
[1988]
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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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 193 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Awards: | Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 1989 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 1989 |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 187-189. |
| ISBN: | 0394881850 0394981855 (lib. bdg.) |