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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Waukesha, Wisconsin. |
| Fugitive Slave |
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| Biography of Caroline Quarlls, the first fugitive slave conducted through Wisconsin's underground railroad network to freedom. |
| Community: | Racine |
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| County: | Racine |
| Historic Name: | Karel Jonas House |
| Reference Number: | 10915 |
| How Wisconsin Eliminated the Death Penalty |
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| Read about the final person to be executed in Wisconsin before the state prohibited the death penalty. |
| Civil Rights Law |
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| Learn about the Milwaukee based lawyer who won two of Wisconsin's most important civil rights cases and was on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
| Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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| Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
| Wisconsin Citizen Petition Exhibit |
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| Learn to use primary source materials to teach students about the abolitionist movement in Wisconsin in the 1850s. |
| Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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| Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Arm and leg restraints that bound John McCaffary, the last man executed in Wisconsin, 1851. (Museum object #1976.249.1–.2) |
| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Mathilde Anneke; Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
| The 2023 Historic Restoration Awards have been awarded to Jason Alberty and Samantha Crownover, Bruce Crownover, and Thomas Neujahr. |
| Two Lawyers Spur Abolitionist Reform and Universal Voting Rights |
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| Learn how Byron Paine and Halbert E. Paine used the power of law for radical abolitionist reform in mid-19th century Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Citizen Petitions |
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