1854
Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888)
Pamphlet
Title: The rendition of Anthony Burns. Its causes and consequences. A discourse on Christian politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854.
Concerns the extradition of Burns, a fugitive slave who was captured in Boston and returned to Virginia. Demonstrates the wide-held belief that the "Slave Power" of the South could control the North and cause Northerners to allow this to happen. Printed by Crosby, Nichols & Co., and Prentiss & Sawyer, Boston. Clarke was the Minister of the Church of the Disciples.
GLC00267.151