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Baker, H. Robert.

Title The rescue of Joshua Glover : a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the Civil War / H. Robert Baker.

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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2006.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	342.087 B173r 2006	---	Available

Description	xiv, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series	Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the midwest
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and index.
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.
Subject	Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century.
	United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
	Booth, Sherman M. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
	Glover, Joshua.
ISBN	0821416901 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780821416907 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No.	YDXCP 2273038
	AU@ 000040502708
	NZ1 10914023