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Anthony Burns.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1855.
SUMMARY
A portrait of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, whose arrest and trial under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 touched off riots and protests by abolitionists and citizens of Boston in the spring of 1854. A bust portrait of the twenty-four-year-old Burns, "Drawn by Barry from a daguereotype [sic] by Whipple and Black," is surrounded by scenes from his life. These include (clockwise from lower left): the sale of the youthful Burns at auction, a whipping post with bales of cotton, his arrest in Boston on May 24, 1854, his escape from Richmond on shipboard, his departure from Boston escorted by federal marshals and troops, Burns's "address" (to the court?), and finally Burns in prison. Copyrighting works such as prints and pamphlets under the name of the subject (here Anthony Burns) was a common abolitionist practice. This was no doubt the case in this instance, since by 1855 Burns had in fact been returned to his owner in Virginia.
NOTES
John Andrews Sc.
R. M. Edwards, Printer, 129 Congress Street, Boston.
Entered . . . 1855, by Anthony Burns . . . Massachusetts.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1855-7.
SUBJECTS
Portrait prints.
Abolitionism and abolitionists--Boston--Burns, Anthony--Fugitive Slave Act--Slaves and slavery
Wood engravings.
RELATED NAMES
Andrews, John.
Edwards, R.M.
Burns, Anthony.
MEDIUM
1 print : Wood-engraving with letterpress on wove paper ; 42.8 x 33.2 cm (sheet)
CALL NUMBER REPRODUCTION NUMBER PART OF REPOSITORY DIGITAL ID RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
PGA - Burns--Anthony Burns (B size)
LC-USZ62-90750 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
African American Odyssey
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
(b&w film copy neg.) app 3b37099
(Anthony Burns--Capture of A Fugitive Slave)
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