The case of folk hero runaway slave Joshua Glover...

Glover was a fugitive slave who escaped from the United States to Canada in the 1850's. His escape from recapture was part of the chain of events that led to the Civil War and the end of slavery in the U.S.

Originally from Missouri, Glover escaped slavery in 1852 and sought asylum in Racine, Wisconsin. Two years later, upon learning his whereabouts, slave owner Benammi Stone Garland attempted to use the Fugitive Slave Act to recapture him. Glover was arrested and taken to a Milwaukee jail. Word spread of his capture, leading prominent abolitionists to galvanism support for him.
On March 18, 1854, the day after this issue was published, Glover was broken out of prison by a crowd of more than 5,000 people, and was secretly taken back to Racine through the Underground Railroad. From here he traveled by boat to Canada, where he spent the rest of his life. He settled outside of Toronto.
The tale of Glover's daring escape spread in newspapers across the north, making him a local folk hero.  

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