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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.
Dec 22, 2021 · 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. Born in Stafford County, Burns was the property of the merchant Charles F. Suttle, who later hired him out to William Brent, of Falmouth.
Jul 27, 2018 · Anthony Burns was just twenty-eight years old when he died of tuberculosis in Ontario, Canada, on July 27, 1862. But thanks to his own fortitude and the efforts of legions of black and white antislavery activists, Burns died a free man.
Apr 1, 2018 · Anthony Burns, born on May 31, 1834 in Stafford County, Virginia, was enslaved from birth. He was taught to read and write at an early age, and became a Baptist and a preacher to others who were enslaved, serving at the Falmouth Union Church in Virginia.
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.
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.
