The imperfect revolution : Anthony Burns and the landscape of race in antebellum America /

The imperfect revolution : Anthony Burns and the landscape of race in antebellum America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barker, Gordon S., 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2010]
Series:American abolitionism and antislavery.
Subjects:
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Burns, Anthony, > 1834-1862.
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
United States > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : remembering Anthony Burns
  • Perceiving the North Star
  • The elusive North Star over the cradle of liberty
  • The background to the spectacle
  • The meaning of the spectacle : "no more tumults" and the Black Bostonian response
  • A call to action in Virginia
  • Anthony Burns's St. Catharines : safety under the "lion's paw"
  • Epilogue : Anthony Burns, past and present.