Stevens, Charles Emery, 1815-1893 Anthony Burns: a history.

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GLC#
GLC00267.152
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1856
Author/Creator
Stevens, Charles Emery, 1815-1893
Title
Anthony Burns: a history.
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 v. : 295 p. : ill. Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 13.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Published by John P. Jewett and Company. Illustrated with "drawings made on the spot" pertaining to the arrest of Anthony Burns in Boston. Stevens offers an "account of the early life of Burns, of his arrest, of his voyage back to Virginia, of his imprisonment, and of his sojourn in North Carolina...." Also analyzes how Burns's case contradicts the ancient laws of Massachusetts.

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