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Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888 The rendition of Anthony Burns. Its causes and consequences. A discourse on Christian politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.151 Author/Creator: Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1854 Pagination: 28 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.6 cm Order a Copy

Concerns the extradition of Anthony Burns, an enslaved person who was captured in Boston and returned to Virginia, while seeking emancipation. The case demonstrates the wide-held belief that the "Slave Power" of the South could control the North and cause Northerners to allow this to happen. Printed by Crosby, Nichols & Co., and Prentiss & Sawyer, Boston. Clarke was the Minister of the Church of the Disciples.

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862

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