Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton's powerful true account of the sensational trial of a fugitive slave.

The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But according to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned. The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged, but the federal government backs the Fugitive Slave Act, sparking riots in Boston and fueling the Abolitionist movement.

Written with all the novelistic skill that has won her every major award in children's literature, Virginia Hamilton's important work of nonfiction puts young readers into the mind of Burns himself.

Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: 01/04/1993
ISBN: 9780679839972
Pages: 193
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 7.02h x 4.32w x 0.59d
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/01/1993

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 355 / Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7