Age
10-13
Grade
5-8
Virginia Hamilton
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Library Binding
(Perfection Learning Jan. 1, 1993)
"In 1854, Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old black man, was put on trial in Boston
under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Retelling the events of the trial, which
polarized the city, Hamilton shows the kind of political issue which brought
the nation to fever pitch in the decade before the Civil War. Hamilton's
biography is actually a 'docudrama' which centers on the often silent,
mistreated, and humbled runaway slave. The insights Hamilton gives into the
personal side of slavery are moving and unforgettable."--(starred) "School
Library Journal." "Does exactly what good biography for children ought to
do: makes them feel what it was like to be that person in those
times."--(starred) "Horn Book.
"
under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Retelling the events of the trial, which
polarized the city, Hamilton shows the kind of political issue which brought
the nation to fever pitch in the decade before the Civil War. Hamilton's
biography is actually a 'docudrama' which centers on the often silent,
mistreated, and humbled runaway slave. The insights Hamilton gives into the
personal side of slavery are moving and unforgettable."--(starred) "School
Library Journal." "Does exactly what good biography for children ought to
do: makes them feel what it was like to be that person in those
times."--(starred) "Horn Book.
"
- ISBN
- 0780724437 / 9780780724433
- Pages
- 193
- Weight
- 5.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 4.1 x 0.7 in.
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