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This is an absolutely incredible story of resistance to federal power. Anthony Burns – born into slavery, escaped, captured – and the center of a massive standoff between people in Boston and the federal government. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition:...
On May 24, 1854, runaway slave Anthony Burns was captured in Boston, setting the stage for a trial and attempted rescue that gave a spark to the abolitionist movement. Burns was a slave in Virginia “owned” by Charles F. Suttle. In 1853, Suttle hired Burns...
