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Author

Maltz, Earl M., 1950-

Title Fugitive slave on trial : the Anthony Burns case and abolitionist outrage / Earl M. Maltz.

Imprint

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	342.087 M299f 2010	---	Available
Axe Kansas Collection	342.087 M299f 2010 c.2	---	Lib Use Only

Description	x, 174 p. ; 22 cm.
Series	Landmark law cases & American society
	Landmark law cases & American society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The problem of fugitive slaves, 1787-1841 -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Massachusetts responds -- Anthony Burns : escape, capture, and failed rescue -- The rendition hearing -- The verdict -- Return to bondage -- The fate of Anthony Burns -- The fate of the rescuers -- Loring under attack -- The Personal Liberty Law of 1855 and the removal of Edward Loring.
Subject	Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
	Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
	Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts.
	Loring, Edward G. (Edward Greely), 1802-1890.
ISBN	9780700617364 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0700617361 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780700617357 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0700617353 (cloth : alk. paper)