Finding freedom

Jackson, Ruby West.

Finding freedom the untold story of Joshua Glover, runaway slave / [electronic resource] : Ruby West Jackson, Walter T. McDonald. - Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2007. - xii, 158 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-150) and index.

A slave in St. Louis -- The "peculiar institution" -- Rumblings in Wisconsin -- Flight to freedom -- Life in Racine -- A violent capture and thrilling escape -- Glover goes by rail -- Trials and tribulations -- The promised land -- Sweet and bitter : life on the farm -- "A stabbing affray" -- The end of the line -- The aftermath -- The search for Joshua Glover.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Glover, Joshua.
Glover, Joshua--Friends and associates.


Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--Wisconsin--Biography.
Underground Railroad--Wisconsin.
Antislavery movements--History--Wisconsin--19th century.
African Americans--Ontario--Biography.
Slaves--Missouri--Saint Louis--Biography.


Racine (Wis.)--Biography.
Etobicoke (Toronto, Ont.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

E450.G58 / J33 2007

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