Joshua Glover was a Missouri freedom seeker at the center of a pivotal fugitive slave case. In 1854, Milwaukee, Wisconsin abolitionists rescued him from federal custody. Efforts to prosecute Glover’s rescuers led to a lengthy standoff between Wisconsin state authorities and the federal government over the constitutionality of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.
ESSAYS: Sinha
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