 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE RESCUE OF JOSHUA GLOVER
A FUGITIVE SLAVE, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR |
| By: |
H. Robert Baker |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£34.95 |
|
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0821416901 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780821416907 |
| Publisher: |
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 December, 2006 |
| Edition: |
annotated edition |
| Series: |
Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
On March 11, 1854, the people of Wisconsin prevented agents of the federal government from carrying away the fugitive slave, Joshua Glover. This book delves into the courtroom trials, political battles, and cultural equivocation precipitated by Joshua Glover's appearance in Wisconsin on the eve of the Civil War. |
| Synopsis: |
On March 11, 1854, the people of Wisconsin prevented agents of the federal government from carrying away the fugitive slave, Joshua Glover. Assembling 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 precipitated by Joshua Glover's brief, but enormously important, appearance in Wisconsin on the eve of the Civil War. H. Robert Baker articulates the many ways in which this case evoked powerful emotions in antebellum America, just as the stage adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin was touring the country and stirring antislavery sentiments. Terribly conflicted about race, Americans struggled mightily with a revolutionary heritage that sanctified liberty but also brooked compromise with slavery.Nevertheless, as "The Rescue of Joshua Glover" demonstrates, they maintained the principle that the people themselves were the last defenders of constitutional liberty, even as Glover's rescue raised troubling questions about citizenship and the place of free blacks in America. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Ohio University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|