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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.
Imprint:	New York : A.A. Knopf, c1988.
Description:	xiii, 193 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Burns, Anthony, -- 1834-1862 -- Juvenile literature. Burns, Anthony, -- 1834-1862. Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Antislavery movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Antislavery movements. Fugitive slaves. United States. Biography. Juvenile works.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy Gift of Barbara and Bill Yoffee, AB '52. University of Chicago Library's copy has original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7930693

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Other uniform titles:	Barbara and Bill Yoffee Collection.
ISBN:	0394881850 9780394881850 0394981855 (lib. bdg.) 9780394981857 (lib. bdg.) 0679839976 9780679839972
Notes:	Includes bibliography (p. 187-189) and index.
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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Summary:	This true story is the historically accurate account of the escape, capture, and sensational Boston trial in 1854 of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. As he waits in jail and then is tried, and as his case galvanizes the abolitionist movement, Burns remembers his life in bondage and his struggle to be free. (Booklist). Moving and unforgettable.--School Library Journal, starred review. ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
Item Description:	Includes bibliography (p. 187-189) and index.
Physical Description:	xiii, 193 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0394881850 9780394881850 0394981855 9780394981857 0679839976 9780679839972