Joshua Glover

male
Milwaukee, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, United States Marshals Service, Federal Marshal, Abolitionism…fugitiveslaveact, slave
Joshua Glover was a runaway slave from St. Louis, Missouri who sought asylum in Racine, Wisconsin in 1852. Upon learning his whereabouts in 1854,...
Absalom Jones

Absalom Jones

male, deceased (1818)
Calendar of Saint, Episcopal, 1979 Book of Common Prayer, U.S. Representative, African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Anglican…fugitiveslaveact
Absalom Jones (1746 - February 13, 1818), was an African American abolitionist and clergyman. He was the first African American priest in the...
Sherman Booth

Sherman Booth

male, deceased (1904)
Milwaukee, habeas corpus, editor, slave, fugitiveslaveact, abolitionist
Sherman Booth (1812-1904) was an abolitionist, editor and politician in Wisconsin. Booth moved to Wisconsin from New York just days before...
James Batchelder

James Batchelder

male, deceased (1854)
artillery, United States Marshal, united states marine corps, United States Marine, fugitiveslaveact, abolitionist…Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
James Batchelder (? - 1854) was the second United States Marshal to be killed in the line of duty. Batchelder was a truckman employed by the...
William Bigler

William Bigler

male, deceased (1880)
American railroad executive, kansas-nebraska act, Pennsylvania State Senator, democratic party, republican party, governor…fugitiveslaveact, Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
William Bigler (January 11, 1814 - August 9, 1880) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855, and later a U.S. Senator for the Democratic...
Peter Vivian Daniel

Peter Vivian Daniel

male, deceased (1860)
United States Supreme Court justice, Princeton College alumni, American, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, virginia house of delegate, fugitiveslaveact
Peter Vivian Daniel (April 24, 1784 - May 31, 1860), was an American jurist. Daniel was born in Stafford County, Virginia, in 1784 to a family of...
William F. Johnston

William F. Johnston

male, deceased (1872)
Penn State University, democratic party, whig party, fugitiveslaveact, Governor of Pennsylvania, westmoreland county…Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
William Freame Johnston (29 November 1808 - 25 October 1872) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1848 to 1852. A lawyer by training, Johnston became...