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This is an absolutely incredible story of resistance to federal power. Anthony Burns – born into slavery, escaped, captured – and the center of a massive standoff between people in Boston and the federal government.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: May 24, 2024

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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (20 Dec 1860)

Episode – Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: One of the Worst Ever

Fight for Freedom: The Anthony Burns Affair

Flight from slavery and capture

Riot at the Courthouse

Pres. Franklin Pierce’s Orders (27-31 May 1854)

Arguments in the Anthony Burns Trial

Decision of Commissioner Loring in the Anthony Burns Case (2 June 1854)

Aftermath

Henry David Thoreau – Slavery in Massachusetts (4 July 1854)

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