Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns. 1854. Reprint. Northbrook, IL: Metro Books, 1972. Contains a dayby-day account of Burns's capture and trial, apparently written by an eyewitness journalist. Also contains interesting material on events surrounding the capture and trial.
Campbell, Stanley W. The Slave Catchers: Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850-1860. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970. Provides background information on the Fugitive Slave Act, and contains a section on the Bums case and on other cases alluded to in Hamilton's biographical novel.
Carpenter, Humphrey, and Mari Prichard. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Contains a brief, basic biographical sketch and evaluation of Hamilton's writings up to 1984.
De Montreville, Doris, and Elizabeth D. Crawford, eds. Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators. New York:.....
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