Anthony Burns was a freedom seeker who escaped from Virginia to Massachusetts, only to be captured and returned to slavery by federal authorities following a controversial and expensive rendition hearing in June 1854.

ESSAYS:Blackett //Barker //Finkelman // Grover // Oakes // Pinsker // Sinha

ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker

 

Anthony Burns

Anthony Burns ( House Divided Project)