Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave - Couverture rigide

Hamilton, Virginia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0394881850 ISBN 13 : 9780394881850

Editeur : Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1988

Synopsis

Book by Hamilton Virginia

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton's powerful true account of the sensational trial of a fugitive slave.

The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But according to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned. The antislavery forces in Massachusetts are outraged, but the federal government backs the Fugitive Slave Act, sparking riots in Boston and fueling the Abolitionist movement.

Written with all the novelistic skill that has won her every major award in children's literature, Virginia Hamilton's important work of nonfiction puts young readers into the mind of Burns himself.

Biographie de l'auteur

Virginia Hamilton's many awards include the Newbery Medal and National Book Award for M.C. Higgins the Great; the Coretta Scott King Medal for The People Could Fly; and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of her work.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0394881850
• ISBN 13: 9780394881850
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1