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Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Honor Book:Coretta Scott King Award -Author (1989)
Winner:Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards -Nonfiction (1988)
"In 1854, Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old black man, was put on trial in Boston
under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Retelling the events of the trial, which
polarized the city, Hamilton shows the kind of political issue which brought
the nation to fever pitch in the decade before the Civil War. Hamilton's
biography is actually a 'docudrama' which centers on the often silent,
mistreated, and humbled runaway slave. The insights Hamilton gives into the
personal side of slavery are moving and unforgettable."--(starred) "School
Library Journal." "Does exactly what good biography for children ought to
do: makes them feel what it was like to be that person in those
times."--(starred) "Horn Book.
"
under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Retelling the events of the trial, which
polarized the city, Hamilton shows the kind of political issue which brought
the nation to fever pitch in the decade before the Civil War. Hamilton's
biography is actually a 'docudrama' which centers on the often silent,
mistreated, and humbled runaway slave. The insights Hamilton gives into the
personal side of slavery are moving and unforgettable."--(starred) "School
Library Journal." "Does exactly what good biography for children ought to
do: makes them feel what it was like to be that person in those
times."--(starred) "Horn Book.
"
Book Details
- Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
- Publish Date: Jan 4th, 1993
- Pages: 193
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.02in - 4.32in - 0.59in - 0.24lb
- EAN: 9780679839972
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • African American & Black
About the Author
Virginia Hamilton's many awards include the Newbery Medal and National Book Award for M.C. Higgins the Great; the Coretta Scott King Medal for The People Could Fly; and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of her work.
More books by Virginia Hamilton
Praise for this book
"Moving and unforgettable." -- School Library Journal, Starred
"Beautifully written . . . a riveting reality tale whose legacy, even now, is not finished." -- The New York Times Book Review