Anthony Burns
The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Published on 15. February 2011
208 pages
978-1-4532-1391-9 (ISBN)
Description
The "unforgettable" novel from the Newbery Medal-winning author tells the true story of a runaway slave whose capture and trial set off abolitionist riots ( Kirkus Reviews). Anthony Burns is a runaway slave who has just started to build a life for himself in Boston. Then his former owner comes to town to collect him. Anthony won't go willingly, though, and people across the city step forward to make sure he's not taken. Based on the true story of a man who stood up against the Fugitive Slave Law, Hamilton's gripping account follows the battle in the streets and in the courts to keep Burns a citizen of Boston--a battle that is the prelude to the nation's bloody Civil War.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Characters
- 1 May 24, 1854
- 2 Spring 1839
- 3 May 24, 1854
- 4 Summer 1841
- 5 May 25, 1854
- 6 May 25, 1854
- 7 Winter 1846
- 8 May 26, 1854
- 9 May 26, 1854
- 10 Winter 1846
- 11 May 26, 1854
- 12 May 27, 1854
- 13 May 28, 1854
- 14 1846-1847
- 15 May 29, 1854
- 16 Winter 1854
- 17 May 29, 1854
- 18 May 31, 1854
- 19 June 1, 1854
- 20 June 2, 1854
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Selections from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- A Biography of Virginia Hamilton
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright Page
