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Boston Slave Riot, And Trial Of Anthony Burns - Softcover

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9780371657010: Boston Slave Riot, And Trial Of Anthony Burns

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Boston Slave Riot, And Trial Of Anthony Burns: Containing The Report Of The Faneuil Hall Meeting, The Murder Of Batchelder, Theodore Parker's Lesson For The Day, Speeches Of Counsel On Both Sides, Corrected By Themselves, A Verbatim Report Of Judge Loring's Decision, And Detailed Account Of Thedocuments the dramatic sequence surrounding the 1854 arrest of Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave, in Boston, Massachusetts, under the Fugitive Slave Act. It covers the Massachusetts court proceedings at the U.S. Commissioner Edward G. Loring's hearing, the arrest details, and testimony about Burns's status; it details public reactions including a large anti-slavery rally at Faneuil Hall led by abolitionists such as Wendell Phillips and Theodore Parker, and the ensuing riot and a fatal stabbing of Batchelder during an assault on Boston's Court House. The narrative collates counsel opinions on both sides, corrections to prior accounts, and a detailed chronicle of the embarkation of Burns to Virginia aboard a revenue cutter, with military presence to avert rescue attempts. The volume thus records a pivotal moment in the national debate over slavery and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.

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