Rescue of Joshua Glover
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Archived2012
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The rescue of Joshua Glover helped galvanize abolitionist sentiment in Wisconsin.
Waymark Code: WM21PW
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member The Cheeseheads
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Joshua Glover was a runaway slave who sought freedom in Racine in 1852. In 1854, his Missouri owner used the Fugitive Slave Act to apprehend him. This 1850 law permitted slave catchers to cross state lines to capture escaped slaves. Glover was taken to Milwaukee and imprisoned.

Word spread about Glover's incarceration and a great crowd gathered around the jail demanding his release. They beat down the jail door and released Joshua Glover. He was eventually escorted to Canada and safety.

The Glover incident helped galvanize abolitionist sentiment in Wisconsin. This case eventually led the state supreme court to defy the federal government by declaring the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional.

ERECTED 2001
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
County: Milwaukee

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