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The rescue of Joshua Glover : a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the civil war / H. Robert Baker.
Author
Baker, H. Robert
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2006.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : illustrations
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Fugitive slaves
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Legal status, laws, etc
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Fugitive slaves
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Legal status, laws, etc
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Wisconsin
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History
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19th century
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United States
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Fugitive slave law (1850)
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Booth, Sherman M.
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Trials, litigation, etc
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Glover, Joshua
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Series
Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
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Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the midwest
Summary note
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 to trial, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court intervened and took the bold step of ruling the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional. The Rescue o.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
Rescuing Joshua Glover
The Fugitive Slave Act
The disappearance of Joshua Glover
Citizenship and the duty to resist
The Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Fugitive Slave Act
The Constitution before the people
Denouement
The ends of history.
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ISBN
9780821442142 ((electronic bk.))
0821442147 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
607872676
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The rescue of Joshua Glover [electronic resource] : a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the civil war / H. Robert Baker.
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The rescue of Joshua Glover : a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the civil war / H. Robert Baker.
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