Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave (学校和图书馆装订)
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品牌: Virginia Hamilton
基本信息出版社:SAN VAL INC; Turtleback Scho (1993年1月4日)学校和图书馆装订:193页ISBN:0785700242条形码:9780785700241产品尺寸及重量:18.1 x 11.2 x 2 cm ; 164 gASIN:0785700242
商品描述内容简介The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But his freedom is short-lived. According to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned. The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged, but the federal government backs the Fugitive Slave Act, sparking riots in Boston and fueling the Abolitionist movement throughout the northeast.Written with all the novelistic skill that has won her every major award in children's literature, Virginia Hamilton's important work of nonfiction puts young readers into the mind of Burns himself -- as a child on a plantation, as a slave desperate for freedom, and as a prisoner struggling to maintain his faith in humanity.媒体推荐The year is 1854. Anthony Burns, a Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston, but his freedom is short-lived. According to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Burns is soon imprisoned.The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged. Abolitionist lawyer Richard Dana steps forward to defend Burns free of charge, and the sensational trial brings massive riots and thousands of troops to the streets of Boston. At the center of it all, haunted by memories of his life as a slave and praying that his defenders will prevail, is Anthony Burns himself. This is the true story of his desperate fight for freedom.