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Today in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamiltonis effective accurate consideration of the trial of the fugitive slave.The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia servant, has fled to Boston. But based on the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway could be taken in just about any free condition, and Anthony is quickly caught. The anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts are annoyed, however the authorities backs the Fugitive Slave Act, causing riots in Ma and pushing the Abolitionist movement.Written with the novelistic ability that's gained her every major prize in children's literature, Virginia Hamilton's essential function of nonfiction places young viewers in to the brain of Burns herself.