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[Title page of Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns with half-length portrait of Anthony Burns] – Antique Photo Print

[Title page of Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns with half-length portrait of Anthony Burns], 1854 — antique engraving
[Title page of Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns with half-length portrait of Anthony Burns], 1854. Antique engraving from the Boston collection.

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A wood engraving of Anthony Burns, shown in half-length portrait, opens this 1854 pamphlet, which pairs his likeness with a title page promising an account of the Boston riot and trial. Burns had escaped from enslavement in Virginia, and he was arrested in Boston in May 1854 under the Fugitive Slave Act. His hearing drew large crowds to the courthouse, and a rescue attempt that month left a deputy dead. Burns was eventually returned south under heavy federal guard, and the case deepened the divide between Boston's abolitionists and the federal authorities enforcing the law.

Created / published1854
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1850-1860.Title pages 1850-1860.Book illustrations 1850-1860.Wood engravings 1850-1860.
NotesIllus. in: Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns. Boston : Fetridge and company, 1854, title page. Published in: Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases / Paul Finkelman. Washington : Library of Congress, 1985.
SubjectsBurns, Anthony,--1834-1862--Trials, litigation, etc. Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan919 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162095

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