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File name: 12_05_000029 Local call number: RARE BKS H.90.282 xxb c.1 Title: The man is not bought! Other title information: He is still in the slave pen in the courthouse ... let every man attend the trial Genre: Broadsides Created/Published: [Boston : s.n.] Date issued: 1854 (questionable) Physical description: 1 broadside ; 97 x 56 cm. Physical description note: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy 1 shows significant ink offset and noticeable paper loss, particularly in the lettering on the upper half of the sheet. On the verso of the sheet is an inscription that reads: "Theo. Parker, 1 Exeter Place." General notes: Title from item.; Full text of this broadside reads: "The man is not bought! He is still in the slave pen in the court house! The kidnapper agreed both publicly, and in writing, to sell him for $1200! The sum was raised by eminent citizens of Boston and offered him. He then claimed more. The bargain was broken! The kidnapper breaks his agreement! Though even the United States Commissioner advised him to keep it. Be on your guard against all lies! Watch the slave pen -- let every man attend the trial!" Date notes: Date supplied by cataloger. Ownership notes: Formerly owned by Theodore Parker. Biographical and historical notes : This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial for extradition to Virginia, a large crowd of abolitionists and anti-slavery sympathizers stormed the jail in which he was held in an attempt to free him. Federal troops were eventually sent to Boston to support the extradition, and Burns was ultimately returned to Virginia. He was later ransomed from slavery, eventually obtaining an education at Oberlin College and becoming a Baptist minister. Subjects: Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; United States. Fugitive slave law (1850); Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 Collection: Anti-Slavery Collection Location: Boston Public Library, Rare Books Department