The problem of fugitive slaves, 1787-1841 -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Massachusetts responds -- Anthony Burns : escape, capture, and failed rescue -- The rendition hearing -- The verdict -- Return to bondage -- The fate of Anthony Burns -- The fate of the rescuers -- Loring under attack -- The Personal Liberty Law of 1855 and the removal of Edward Loring.
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