C. 1854 THE BOSTON SLAVE RIOT AND TRIAL OF ANTHONY BURNS - SLAVERY
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THE BOSTON SLAVE RIOT, AND TRIAL OF ANTHONY BURNS. Boston, 1854. 86pp. plus [11]pp. of advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers. Burns was an educated African American who fled from slavery in Virginia to Boston in 1854, where he was arrested for theft. "The excitement in Boston during the following week was said to have been without parallel since the days of the Revolution" - DAB. The court house was attacked and one deputy marshal was killed. Military forces were called in ...by President Pierce and the Mayor of Boston to prevent another attack. Burns was unsuccessfully defended by Richard Henry Dana (whose argument occupies more than nine pages of this work), among others, and Burns was sent back to Virginia amid staunch protest. The corners are dog-earred . Some very slight soiling to cover. The text is in very good condition! NO RESERVE!
