Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns : containing the report of the Faneuil Hall meeting, the murder of Batchelder, Theodore Parker's Lesson for the day, speeches of counsel on both sides corrected by themselves, verbatim report of Judge Loring's decision, and, a detailed account of the embarkation.

Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns : containing the report of the Faneuil Hall meeting, the murder of Batchelder, Theodore Parker's Lesson for the day, speeches of counsel on both sides corrected by themselves, verbatim report of Judge Loring's decision, and, a detailed account of the embarkation.

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Imprint:[Buffalo, NY] : William S. Hein & Co., [2007]
Description:1 electronic text (86 p.) : PDF file.
Language:English
Series:HeinOnline world trials
World trials library
Subject:
Burns, Anthony, -- 1834-1862 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Riots -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7298629
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Varying Form of Title:Caption title: Trial of Anthony Burns, the alleged fugitive slave
Other uniform titles:Parker, Theodore D. Lesson for the day.
Parker, Edward G. (Edward Griffin), 1825-1868.
Thomas, Seth J. (Seth James), 1807-1895.
Notes:Title from PDF title page, viewed March 30, 2008.
Print version published: Boston : Fetridge and Company, 1854.
Full text available with subscription to HeinOnline World Trials Library.
Summary:Burns was a 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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