1. Research the abolitionist movement, concentrating on its growth in the South. Were any former slave owners involved in the movement? How did they come to believe slavery was wrong?

2. Read Charles Emery Stevens's Anthony Burns: A History and compare it with Hamilton's book. How do the two accounts differ? Burns helped Stevens with his history. Does this necessarily make Stevens's work the more authoritative? Why or why not?

3. If Burns had lived another fifty years, what might his life have been like?

What historical events would he have seen and been affected by?

4. Compare Anthony Burns's experiences with those of other freed or escaped slaves, such as Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Thomas Sims. What similarities and differences do you find?

5. Research accounts of slave women's experiences. Compare them with those of Mamaw, whom Hamilton created, for the...