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Anthony Burns : the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave / by Virginia Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862--Juvenile literature.
- Burns, Anthony.
- Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Antislavery movements--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Antislavery movements.
- United States.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenil.
- Local Subjects:
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenil.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Literature.
- Juvenile works.
- Uncorrected proofs (Printing) -- 20th century.
- Review copies (Publishing)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A.A. Knopf, [1988]
- New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [1988]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Honor, 1989
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002. Anthony Burns.
- ISBN:
- 0394881850
- 9780394881850
- 0394981855
- 9780394981857
- 0679839976
- 9780679839972
- OCLC:
- 17354055
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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