Boston History,This is the book you will be writing about; Albert J. Von Frank, Trials of Anthony Burns: Freedom and Slavery in Emerson’s Boston.What is the scope of the book in terms of time period, area of the city, sub-group(s) within the city? • What

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This is the book you will be writing about; Albert J. Von Frank, Trials of Anthony Burns: Freedom and Slavery in Emerson’s Boston.

Below are things you could talk about:

• What is the scope of the book in terms of time period, area of the city, sub-group(s) within the city?
• What is the author’s thesis? How original does the thesis seem to be? What gap in the existing literature is the author trying to fill?
• What other key arguments does the author advance? Are these arguments persuasive – why/why not? 
• What key facts, statistics, etc., does the author divulge, if any?
• What kinds of evidence does the author use to support his/her points? 
• What does the book teach us about Boston – as a place, about its inhabitants, its culture, politics, etc?