| Description |
xix, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Thursday, May 25, 1854 -- Grapping -- Friday, May 26 -- Jerry rescue -- Martin stowell -- Strategies -- Black Boston -- Eclipse -- Faneuil Hall -- Battle at the court house door -- Aftermath -- For sale -- Anthony Burns -- Saturday, May 27 -- Autopsy -- Law -- extemporized scripture -- Curtii -- Lewis hayden -- Not for sale -- Monday, May 29 -- Monday session -- Claimant rests -- Defense opens -- Richard Hildreth -- Money -- Tuesday, May 30 -- treason -- Politics and force -- Dna's argument -- Thomas' argument -- Conspiracy -- "Bad Friday": June 2 -- Cortége -- Going home -- republicans -- Carried back -- know-nothings -- Catholics and anti-catholics -- Walt whitman -- Emerson's pulpit (Whitsunday) -- If we feel not -- Fourth of July -- Letters from hell -- Trials -- Endings -- Emersonian epilogue. |
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Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
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Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0674039548 alkaline paper |
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9780674039544 alkaline paper |
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