Burns Fugitive Slave Case

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	Boston African American National Historic Site
		The Vigilance Committee dedicated itself to raising money and legal support for fugitive slaves; until the end of the Civil War, it was at the forefront of every fugitive slave case in Boston, including the rescues of William and Ellen Craft, Shadrach Minkins, Thomas Sims, and Anthony Burns.
		In 1826, two fugitive slave women, Eliza Smalls and Polly Ann Bates, were seized by slave catchers while hiding aboard a ship anchored at Boston Harbor.
		A crowd of over fifty local Blacks surrounded the jail where Latimer was being held and the slave owner, fearing insurrection if he proceeded with the court case, sold Latimer to a local abolitionist for less than 25% of what he would have gotten for selling him down south.
	www.nps.gov /boaf/fugitiveslavelaw3.htm (391 words)

	AAP Bibliography: Law
		Maginnes, David R. "The Case of the Court House Rioters in the Rendition of Fugitive Slave Anthony Burns, 1854." JNH.
		Eggert, Gerald G. "The Impact of the Fugitive Slave Law on Harrisburg: A Case Study." 73-105.
		"Fugitive Slave Cases in Ohio Prior to 1850." OSAHQ.
	americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu /law.htm (391 words)

	Boston African American National Historic Site
		The Vigilance Committee dedicated itself to raising money and legal support for fugitive slaves; until the end of the Civil War, it was at the forefront of every fugitive slave case in Boston, including the rescues of William and Ellen Craft, Shadrach Minkins, Thomas Sims, and Anthony Burns.
		In 1826, two fugitive slave women, Eliza Smalls and Polly Ann Bates, were seized by slave catchers while hiding aboard a ship anchored at Boston Harbor.
		A crowd of over fifty local Blacks surrounded the jail where Latimer was being held and the slave owner, fearing insurrection if he proceeded with the court case, sold Latimer to a local abolitionist for less than 25% of what he would have gotten for selling him down south.
	www.nps.gov /boaf/fugitiveslavelaw3.htm (391 words)

	State defied federal fugitive slave law: 2/16/98
		Boston's fugitive slave cases may be more famous, but New Bedford's are every bit as dramatic.
		Morgan was right: the Burns case was the last time the courts of Massachusetts sent a slave back to the South.
		After 1836, any slave brought by his or her master into Massachusetts was automatically free; this point was conceded by all parties.
	www.s-t.com /daily/02-98/02-16-98/a01sr009.htm (1683 words)

	8th Summit
		Finkelman will discuss some of the most important fugitive slave cases in the nation, particularly those that were settled in the streets and the courthouses.
		Pennsylania (1842), which was the first case to go to the Supreme Court; the Christiana Slave Rebellion (1851) the Jerry Rescue in Syracuse (1851), the Burns Case in Boston (1854); the Sherman Booth case -- rescue of Joshua Glover (1854); the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue (1858) and Kentucky v.
		For the past seven years, staff and volunteers of Garfield Park Nature Center have been taking people on a journey back into the year 1852 for an unforgettable experience that brings the written word to life.
	www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org /summit9.htm (1006 words)

	8th Summit
		Finkelman will discuss some of the most important fugitive slave cases in the nation, particularly those that were settled in the streets and the courthouses.
		Pennsylania (1842), which was the first case to go to the Supreme Court; the Christiana Slave Rebellion (1851) the Jerry Rescue in Syracuse (1851), the Burns Case in Boston (1854); the Sherman Booth case -- rescue of Joshua Glover (1854); the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue (1858) and Kentucky v.
		For the past seven years, staff and volunteers of Garfield Park Nature Center have been taking people on a journey back into the year 1852 for an unforgettable experience that brings the written word to life.
	www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org /summit9.htm (1006 words)

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