Anthony Burns : the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave /

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by Hamilton, Virginia.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : A.A. Knopf, (New York :) Physical details: xiii, 193 p. ; 22 cm. Subject(s): Burns, Anthony, --1834-1862 --Juvenile literature. | Burns, Anthony, --1834-1862. | Fugitive slaves --United States --Biography --Juvenile literature. | Slavery --United States --Anti-slavery movements --Juvenile literature. | Fugitive slaves. | Slavery. | Afro-Americans --Biography. Year : 1988 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Stonepark Intermediate School BIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY / Burns, A. Available

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 187-189.

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.