In time, the high number of festival goers can be partially attributed to Milwaukee's notably special historic response to the system of slavery and to our efforts to teach the young people about Wisconsin and Milwaukee's role in ending slavery. Now, In 1854, a Missouri slave owner traveled to Racine, Wisconsin, place where I was born, 27 miles south of Milwaukee, to demand that a runaway slave by the name of Joshua Glover be surrendered under the US Fugitive Slave Law. Glover, who had been playing cards at the time, was arrested and carried 27 miles north to Milwaukee so that he could be in a secure jail until the federal … (03:05–03:28)
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Asserts that a slave owner demanded the return of Joshua Glover in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1854.
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