This true story is the historically accurate account of the escape, capture, and sensational Boston trial in 1854 of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. "As he waits in jail and then is tried, and as his case galvanizes the abolitionist movement, Burns remembers his life in bondage and his struggle to be free". (Booklist). "Moving and unforgettable".--School Library Journal, starred review. ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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This true story is the historically accurate account of the escape, capture, and sensational Boston trial in 1854 of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. "As he waits in jail and then is tried, and as his case galvanizes the abolitionist movement, Burns remembers his life in bondage and his struggle to be free". (Booklist). "Moving and unforgettable".--School Library Journal, starred review. ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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