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The imperfect revolution : Anthony Burns and the landscape of race in antebellum America / Gordon S. Barker.

Author: Barker, Gordon S., 1952-

Imprint:Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2010.

Descriptionxix, 169 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Barker, Gordon S., 1952-
Series Statement
American abolitionism and antislavery
Subject:
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862.
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Subject:
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.