Fugitive Slave on Trial: The Anthony Burns Case and Abolitionist Outrage (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)

by EarlM.Maltz (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $33.34

  Chronicles the case of a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner. Compellingly details the struggle over his fate and how that became a focal point for national controversy. Reveals how the case became one of the most dramatic and widely publicized events in the long-running conflict over the issue of fugitive slaves.