The imperfect revolution [electronic resource] : Anthony Burns and the landscape of race in antebellum America / Gordon S. Barker
- Author
- Barker, Gordon S., 1952-
- Published
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2010.
- Physical Description
- xix, 169 p. ; 24 cm.
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- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862
- Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862—Trials, litigation, etc
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
- Fugitive slaves—United States—Biography
- Fugitive slaves—Legal status, laws, etc—United States
- Fugitive slaves—Legal status, laws, etc—Massachusetts
- Antislavery movements—United States—History—19th century
- Antislavery movements—Massachusetts—Boston—History—19th century
- United States—Race relations
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781606350690 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1606350692 (hardcover : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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