June 2, 1854 Arrested at the corner of Brattle and Court Street, Burns was taken to the Court House, where he was kept for the night by the Marshall. “During…
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June 9, 1854 With its source not clear, under the title Triumph of Law, this notice says: “It is with great satisfaction we announce to our readers the complete triumph…
June 9, 1854 “A man has been successfully kidnapped in Boston, and carried off to Virginia as the rightful property of another!…..One fact, at least, is settled : — No…
June 9, 1854 The paper proudly prints a resignation of Joseph K. Hayes, because he has received an order which, “if performed, would implicate me in the execution of that…
June 16, 1854 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, from the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, there is a concern that there will be an attempt in Congress to amend…
June 16, 1854 Here the paper publishes “extracts from a brave and eloquent ‘Discourse on Christian Politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854, by James Freeman…
October 27, 1854 Notice of a Petition to the Mass. House and Senate, asking for the removal of Judge Edward Greeley Loring, from the office of a Judge of Suffolk…
November 17, 1854 From the Richmond Enquirer, comes notice that Anthony Burns has left Richmond, in possession of David McDaniel, Esq., of Nash County, N.C., who purchased him for the…
December 29, 1854 The Evening Telegraph says that Burns has been sold to “a North Carolina negro trader, (after $1400 had been tendered both here and in Virginia, and after…
January 5, 1855 A Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, tells of the purchase of Burns by McDaniels, of North Carolina, and then appeals, “Anthony having many friends in…
February 23, 1855 Craft writes to Garrison, from London. “I was pleased to see that it required military force to return poor Burns into slavery. I think the law would…
March 9, 1855 In this speech, Burns tells of his arrest. “When I was going home one night I heard someone running behind me; presently a hand was put on…
August 24. 1855 Higginson writes to Garrison, commenting on a report by Edmund Quincy, which indicates that the rescue was “ill-advised and injudicious”. His response includes: “If it is ever…
October 30, 1857 Three lines tell that Burns is now a student in the Fairmount Theological Seminary, and that he has studied a year or so at Oberlin.
March 19, 1858 Here is an account of the votes in both the House and the Senate, acting in support of the Joint Special Committee, asking for the removal of…
July 30, 1858 William Cooper Nell provides a false statement from the Virginia Herald, which says that Burns is now in the Penitentiary of Mass., convicted of robbery. Nell indicates…
August 13, 1858 Here, in a speech, Garrison comments on the falsehoods which have been circulated about Burns, says that Burns has visited him in his office, that the assertions…