Anthony Burns
The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
New York : A.A. Knopf, [1988]
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0394881850
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 187-189.
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 1989.
Bibliography: pages 187-189.
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 1989.