Fugitive slave on trial : the Anthony Burns case and abolitionist outrage / Earl M. Maltz.
"When runaway slave Anthony Burns was tracked to Boston by his owner Charles Suttle, the struggle over his fate became a focal point for national controversy. Boston, a hotbed of antislavery sentiment, provided the venue for the 1854 hearing that determined Burns's legal status, one of the...
Main Author: | Maltz, Earl M., 1950- |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kan. :
University Press of Kansas,
©2010.
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Landmark law cases & American society.
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