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Nov. 20, 2010

One Slave's Journey Leads to a Movement

How a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner became a landmark case on the issue of fugitive slaves. By Earl M. Maltz of Rutgers University-Camden.

By Earl M. Maltz

"Fugitive Slave on Trial" chronicles the case of a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner. The book 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. In this excerpt, Earl Maltz writes about the backgrounds of the main characters involved in the trial.

Anthony Burns was born in 1833 in Stafford Court House, a small villag...

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