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Anthony Burns (May 31, 1834 – July 17, 1862) was an African-American man who escaped from slavery in Virginia in 1854. His capture and trial in Boston, and transport back to Virginia, generated wide-scale public outrage in the North and increased support for abolition.
In May 1854, slave catchers arrested Anthony Burns, a 20 year old freedom seeker who escaped slavery in Virginia. His arrest sparked major protests, a failed courthouse rescue, a military takeover of downtown Boston, and, ultimately, a return to slavery by the federal government.
In 1854, twenty-year-old Anthony Burns liberated himself from slavery in Virginia and escaped to Boston. A slave catcher working for Charles Suttle, Burns' enslaver, captured and arrested him.
Dec 22, 2021 · Anthony Burns (1834–1862) SUMMARY. Anthony Burns was a fugitive slave from Virginia who, while living in Boston in 1854, became the principal in a famous court case brought in an effort to extradite him back to the South.
Apr 19, 2007 · On May 24, 1854, 19-year-old escaped Virginia slave Anthony Burns walked quietly through the streets of Boston on his way home.
May 26, 2017 · The trial of Anthony Burns, a fugitive enslaved man from Virginia, occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, during the spring of 1854. Hired out in Richmond, Burns had saved money and stowed away on a ship to Boston, where he worked in a clothing store.
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Apr 1, 2018 · Anthony Burns was a self-liberated formerly enslaved man who was captured due to the Fugitive Slave Laws two months after he reclaimed his freedom.
