# Anthony Burns — Essays character guide

> Anthony Burns in Essays by Henry David Thoreau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Burns

**First appearance:** 0023-slavery-in-massachusetts

## Who they are

Fugitive slave whose capture sparked protests in Boston.

## In the story

### [Poetry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/poetry)

Cited as an example of the inspired, genius-driven stream of poetry (Arethuse).

### [Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/wendell-phillips-before-the-concord-lyceum)

Referenced as 'Frederick ⸻', a fugitive slave whose name is suppressed by society.

### [Slavery in Massachusetts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/slavery-in-massachusetts)

The fugitive slave whose return to slavery by Massachusetts authorities Thoreau cites as a moral catastrophe.

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