Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Established in 1893, the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the quarterly journal of the Virginia Historical Society, publishes essays, edited primary documents, and book reviews on Virginia history and related topics.

Volume 118 / Number 2

"Michael Cresap and the Promulgation of Settler Land-Claiming Methods in the Backcountry, 1765–1774"
- Cameron B. Strang, pp. 106–35 Abstract

Secession and Slavery as a Positive Good: The Impact of the Anthony Burns Drama in Boston on Virginia
- Gordon S. Barker, pp. 136–73 Abstract

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COVER: This nineteenth-century engraving records the scene of Boston crowds watching as the procession escorting Anthony Burns makes its way toward the city's T-Wharf. From there Burns would be sent to Norfolk, Virginia, by ship and returned to his life as a slave. Gordon S. Barker's article "Secession and Slavery as a Positive Good: The Impact of the Anthony Burns Drama in Boston on Virginia" begins on page 136. (Virginia Historical Society, call no. E450 .B96)

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