This true story is the historically accurate account of the escape, capture, and sensational Boston trial in 1854 of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. "As he waits in jail and then is tried, and as his case galvanizes the abolitionist movement, Burns remembers his life in bondage and his struggle to be free". (Booklist). "Moving and unforgettable".--School Library Journal, starred review. ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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This true story is the historically accurate account of the escape, capture, and sensational Boston trial in 1854 of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. "As he waits in jail and then is tried, and as his case galvanizes the abolitionist movement, Burns remembers his life in bondage and his struggle to be free". (Booklist). "Moving and unforgettable".--School Library Journal, starred review. ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
1988
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18033025780
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x1; Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
1988
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17943623097
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As New in Near Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1988, First Edition. Hardcover Back As New with a Near Fine Dust Jacket in mylar cover. Historical reconstruction at its finest. Newbery Medal winner Virginia Hamilton has put her lifelong interest in black history in striking use in this fascinating account. A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of the owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the fugitive slave acts.206 pages; 8vo. 1988, Alfred A Knopf Inc.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published:
05/1988
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17144812614
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x1; [Inscribed, signed by author on FEP] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Foxing to page ends. Ink markings to final end page, otherwise unmarked pages. xiii, 193 pages; 22 cm. *Autographed by author. * Inscription reads: "To the students of Cameron Elementary. Best, Virginia Hamilton."
