The odyssey of John Anderson / Patrick Brode.

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Patrick Brode explores the legal and political implications of the Anderson case and reveals something of the man at the centre of it all.

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While escaping from slavery in Missouri, in 1853, John Anderson murdered a planter who tried to arrest him. In November of that year, Anderson reached Windsor, Canada West (now Ontario), and freedom. For six years he enjoyed a peaceful existence until a fellow fugitive betrayed him to the British authorities as a murderer. Anderson's arrest precipitated a cause celebre that involved two courts in Canada and one in Britain, and the diplomatic relations of Canada, Britain, and the US. Brode, a lawyer-historian in Windsor, Ontario, describes the courts and personalities of the judges in great detail. He consulted every Canadian, British, and American newspaper account of the court proceedings and of events in general as well as official documents and law reports. His documentation is meticulous. The work belongs in law libraries and libraries interested in black history. Indeed, the book is well worth reading as a good story. Excellent index. J. J. Talman University of Western Ontario