Anthony Burns was an African-American who escaped from slavery in Virginia and was captured by slave-hunters in Boston in 1854. His arrest, and Judge Edward G. Loring's decision to order him returned to slavery in Virginia, outraged Boston abolitionists and many ordinary Bostonians, who were increasingly hostile towards the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Abolitionist plans to free Burns from prison and spirit him to safety were frustrated when President Franklin Pierce deployed federal artillery and United States Marines to take Burns to the ship back to Virginia. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 320 km 690 km 7. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Edward Greely Loring (1802-1890) was a Massachusetts judge who ignited controversy by ordering that Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns be forced back into slavery under the federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 320 km 690 km 7. ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free-Soilers and abolitionists. ... Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...

The African-American community and abolitionists in Boston raised $1,200 in order to try to ransom Burns' freedom from his master, Charles F. Suttle, but Suttle refused to deal with anyone seeking Burns's emancipation. After Burns was returned to Virginia, Suttle sold him for $905 to David McDaniel, a slaver, cotton planter, and horse-dealer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Leonard A. Grimes eventually managed to ransom Burns's freedom from McDaniel, with financial aid from Boston, for $1,300. Burns, once freed, returned to live Boston. Rocky Mount is a city located in North Carolina. ...

Anthony Burns died in St. Catherines on July 27, 1862. July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Sources

• Tuttleton, James W., Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Twayne Publishers. pp. 34-36
• Charles Emery Stevens (1855), Anthony Burns: A History.

Further reading

• PBS Resource Bank: People and Events: Anthony Burns captured, 1854
• Ronica Roth (2003): The Trial of Anthony Burns, from Humanities, May/June 2003, Volume 24/Number 3.
• Henry David Thoreau (July 4, 1854): "Slavery in Massachusetts"