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Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

Hamilton, Virginia

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ISBN10: 0679839976
ISBN13: 9780679839972
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: Jan 4 1993
Pages: 193
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.59 Width: 4.32 Depth: 7.02
Language: English
Awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Coretta Scott King Award
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.

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