The Imperfect Revolution: Anthony Burns and the Landscape of Race in Antebellum America

Contents

Contents Preface: First Reflections ix Prologue: Remembering Anthony Burns xi 1 Perceiving the North Star 1 2 The Elusive North Star over the Cradle of Liberty 6 3 The Background to the Spectacle 23 4 The Meaning of the Spectacle: “No More Tumults” and the Black Bostonian Response 41 5 A Call to Action in Virginia 63 6 Anthony Burns’s St. Catharines: Safety under the “Lion’s Paw” 87 Epilogue: Anthony Burns, Past and Present 121 Notes 127 Index 156 ...