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Who was anthony burns

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Answer: fugitive slave, whose recapture and court case led to wide-scale public outcries of injustice, and ultimately, increased opposition to slavery by Northerners.

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Anthony Burns was a fugitive slave whose recapturing, extradition, and court case led to wide-scale public outcries of injustice, and ultimately, increased opposition to slavery by Northerners. Burns was born a slave in Stafford County, Virginia.

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