Finding freedom [electronic resource] : the untold story of Joshua Glover, runaway slave / Ruby West Jackson, Walter T. McDonald.
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TextPublication details: Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2007.Description: xii, 158 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - Glover, Joshua
- Glover, Joshua -- Friends and associates
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Fugitive slaves -- Wisconsin -- Biography
- Underground Railroad -- Wisconsin
- Antislavery movements -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Ontario -- Biography
- Slaves -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography
- Racine (Wis.) -- Biography
- Etobicoke (Toronto, Ont.) -- Biography
- 973.7/115092 B 22
- E450.G58 J33 2007
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.
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