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Capture of Joshua Glover

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Drawing showing escaped slave Joshua Glover being seized at Racine.

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COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
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W012B3W
Legacy ID
WHi 40836

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Prints
Joshua Glover

Joshua Glover

Head and shoulders portrait of Joshua Glover.

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Newspaper Article/Clipp...
Jail stormed to free slave

Jail stormed to free slave

Jul 28, 1929

Milwaukee Journal

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Classroom Resource
Finding Freedom Education Materials

Finding Freedom Education Materials

Education materials based on the book Finding Freedom about the Underground Railroad, Joshua Glover, and the Fugitive Slave Law in Wisconsin

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S. M. Booth-Fugitive slave law in Wisconsin

S. M. Booth-Fugitive slave law in Wisconsin

Unknown date

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Press Book
Finding Freedom

Finding Freedom

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

A bittersweet story, full of bravery and compassion, of an enslaved man fighting for his freedom and the community that rallied behind him.

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Glover, Joshua

Glover, Joshua

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