Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
- ISBN-10
- 0679839976
- ISBN-13
- 9780679839972
- Series
- Anthony Burns
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 193
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Laurel Leaf
- Author
- Virginia Hamilton
Description
Having escaped from his master to Massachusetts in 1854, Anthony Burns believes he is finally a free man, but when the federal government backs the Fugitive Slave Act which allows him to be sent back to his master, riots begin and the Abolitionist movement is rallied into action. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Reissue.
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