The Rendition of Anthony Burns Source Quiz

What was the main message of the broadside "The Man is Not Bought!"?

• To support the Fugitive Slave Act and return Anthony Burns to Charles Suttle!

• To encourage citizens to rescue Anthony Burns (correct)

• To promote the sale of slaves

• To announce a public trial

How did the pamphlet "Boston Slave Riot and Trial of Anthony Burns" describe the trial?

• As a peaceful event that lacked any sort of protest from local citizens

• As a spectacle of high interest with intense excitement (correct)

• As a minor incident

• As a celebration of the Fugitive Slave Act

What was Charles Suttle's main argument in his letter to Edward Greely Loring?

• The Fugitive Slave Act is unconstitutional

• Anthony Burns should be freed because he had left a slave state for a free state

• His property rights must be upheld under the Fugitive Slave Act (correct)

• The federal government should abolish slavery

What was the purpose of the newspaper article in "The Richmond Enquirer"?

• To criticize the Fugitive Slave Act because it infringed upon the rights of states

• To defend the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law (correct)

• To support the abolitionist movement

• To announce the end of slavery

How did Richard Henry Dana, Jr. view the case of Anthony Burns in his letter to Charles Sumner?

• As a minor legal issue but felt that the President should ask Congress to overturn the Fugitive Slave Act.

• As a case that stirred the conscience of Boston and awakened moral outrage (correct)

• As a victory for the Fugitive Slave Act

• As an event that should be ignored

What was President Franklin Pierce's primary purpose in his message to Congress?

• To abolish the Fugitive Slave Act

• To support the execution of the Fugitive Slave Act and protect property rights (correct)

• To criticize the federal government

• To promote the abolitionist movement by resisting the Southern Slave Power!

Who was the intended audience for President Franklin Pierce's message to Congress?

• Southern plantation owners

• Abolitionists

• Members of Congress and the American public (correct)

• Foreign diplomats

How did Mayor Jerome V. C. Smith's public statement reflect local attitudes towards the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It showed strong support for the Act

• It acknowledged the unrest and division caused by the Act but also it was a federal law and should be followed(correct)

• It ignored the impact of the Act and hoped that no more fugitive slaves would face rendition in Boston.

• It promoted the abolition of slavery

What perspective did the newspaper article in "The Richmond Enquirer" reflect regarding Southern concerns?

• It supported the abolitionist movement

• It emphasized the importance of preserving the Union and property rights (correct)

• It criticized the federal government

• It called for the end of the Fugitive Slave Act

How did the differing perspectives on the rendition of Anthony Burns illustrate broader sectional tensions in the United States during the 1850s?

• They showed unanimous support for the Fugitive Slave Act

• They highlighted conflicts over the Fugitive Slave Act and the institution of slavery (correct)

• They demonstrated a lack of interest in the issue

• They indicated a peaceful resolution to the tensions