The Imperfect Revolution : Anthony Burns and the Landscape of Race in Antebellum America /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Barker, Gordon S., 1952-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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