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1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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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.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Booth, Sherman M. -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Glover, Joshua
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Booth, Sherman M. fast |
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Glover, Joshua fast |
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United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
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Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850) fast |
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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United States
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Wisconsin
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821442142 |
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0821442147 |
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