The rescue of Joshua Glover : a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the civil war / H. Robert Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, H. Robert.

Series:

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the midwest

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century.

Fugitive slaves.

Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--Wisconsin--History--19th century.

United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).

United States.

Booth, Sherman M--Trials, litigation, etc.

Booth, Sherman M.

Glover, Joshua.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821442142

0821442147

OCLC:

607872676