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In compliance with the recently enacted Fugitive Slave Act, Anthony Burns was ordered by the court on June 2, 1854 to be returned to slavery in Virginia. An estimated 50,000 outraged citizens lined the streets of Boston as an army of soldiers escorted Burns to the waterfront.
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Anthony Burns (31 May 1834 – 17 July 1862) was born a slave in Stafford County, Virginia. As a young man, he converted to Baptism and became a "slave preacher". 1850 would prove a vital year in Burns...
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Born a slave in Virginia, Anthony Burns was twenty when he escaped to Boston in 1854. There, for a few short months, he lived and worked as a free man. But overnight Burns' brief time of happiness ended.
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Anthony Burns was born on May 31, 1834 in Stafford County, Virginia (von Frank 305). He was born to slave parents who belonged to John Suttle. His mother had been married three times and had a total of 13 children, Anthony being the youngest.
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The Early Life of Anthony Burns ... Anthony Burns: After the Trial ... Effects of The Anthony Burns Affair...
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Anthony Burns Elementary : Website ... ANTHONY BURNS MISSION STATEMENT: ; "We are committed to building a safe and nurturing society of life-long learners who develop intellectual curiosity. ... Dec. 23-Jan. 1 - No School; Attention Parents and Visitors: The Anthony Burns Elementary School website is a public site. You do not...
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Anthony Burns was the last escaped slave in the United States to be returned to the South under the Fugitive Slave Act. His trial in Boston in 1854 sent fifty thousand people into the streets in protest and invigorated the abolition movement in the United States.
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March 1854: Anthony Burns escaped from his master in Richmond, Virginia and reached Boston, Massachusetts where he found work; May 24, 1854: Burns was arrested; May 26, 1854: Mass meeting at Faneuil Hall in Boston to protest Burns' "kidnapping" and unsuccessful attempt to rescue Burns, led by Rev.
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