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- In the most famous Boston case, a biracial group of armed abolitionists led by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, stormed the federal courthouse in 1854 to try to save escaped slave Anthony Burns
- The rescue effort failed and a deputy marshal was killed
- President Pierce sent marines, cavalry, and artillery to Boston to reinforce the guard over Burns and ordered a ship to deliver him back to slavery
- When the effort by lawyers to argue for his freedom failed, Boston's raised money to buy his freedom
- The U.S. attorney enforced the Fugitive Slave Law which blocked the purchase
- During the 185s, 322 black fugitives were sent back into slavery, only 11 were declared free
- The Fugitive Slave Law forced northern communities to confront the full meaning of slavery
The Election of 1852
- The democrats had a wide variety of Candidates, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, and James Buchanan.
- Franklin Pierce easily won the 1852 election, 254 electoral votes to 42.......

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