Where in The...?
Monday September 22, 2008
In what neighborhood can you find this sign? The text might give you a few clues:
In March of 1854, captured, fugitive slave Joshua Glover, who was about to be returned to slavery in Missouri, was freed from the Milwaukee County jail by anti-slavery agitators led by abolitionist newspaper editor, Sherman Booth. Joshua Glover subsequently escaped to freedom in Canada. In 1857, the City of Milwaukee named a street after Sherman Booth, and in 1994, at the urging of Riverside University High School students, a street was named after Joshua Glover. May all who traverse the intersection named for these two men be inspired by their struggles in the cause of human freedom.
Photo by Carrie Trousil
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I know I’ve seen that some where…I think I was on a date and we walked past it or something. The story behind it sounds cool. Where is that same spirit now?
Anyways, I bet it’s on the East Side or something