Rescue of Joshua Glover A Fugitive Slave, the Constitution, and the Coming of the Civil War

Name: Rescue of Joshua Glover A Fugitive Slave, the Constitution, and the Coming of the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780821418130

ISBN-10: 0821418130

ISBN-13: 9780821418130

Edition: 2006

Authors: H. Robert Baker

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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. Assembly 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 of Joshua Glover delves into the courtroom trials, political battles, and cultural equivocation…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 12/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

H. Robert Baker is a visiting assistant professor in history at Marquette University.



List of Illustrations


Preface



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


Coda: The Ends of History


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index