Finding freedom [electronic resource] : the untold story of Joshua Glover, runaway slave / Ruby West Jackson, Walter T. McDonald.
By: Jackson, Ruby West.
Contributor(s): McDonald, Walter T | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2007Description: xii, 158 p. : ill., maps.Subject(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.) -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/115092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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