The Rescue of Joshua Glover: A Fugitive Slave, the Constitution, and the Coming of the Civil War
(Part of the Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest Series)
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On March 11, 1854, the people of Wisconsin prevented agents of the federal government from carrying away the fugitive slave, Joshua Glover. Assembling in mass outside the Milwaukee courthouse, they demanded that the federal officers respect his civil liberties as they would those of any other citizen of the state. When the officers refused, the crowd took matters into its own hands and rescued Joshua Glover. The federal government brought his rescuers...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0821416901
ISBN13:9780821416907
Release Date:December 2006
Publisher:Ohio University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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