Copyright © 1998 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Second printing, 1999 First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 1999 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Von Albert J. Frank The trials of Anthony Burns: freedom and slavery in Emerson's Boston / Albert J. von Frank. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-674-03954-8 (cloth) ISBN 0-674-90850-3 (pbk.) 1. Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862--Trials, litigation, etc. 2. Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.-- Massachusetts--Boston. 3. Antislavery movements-- Massachusetts--Boston. 4. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. 5. Boston ( Mass.)--Race relations. I. Title. E450.B93V66 1998 973.6′6′092--dC21 97-41957 Designed by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt -iv- |