1853. Prosecution of Mitchell, an abolitionist of Indiana, Pennsylvania, for harboring slaves: 2 Wallace Jr.'s Reports, 313; Pittsburgh Dispatch, Feb. 13, 1898.
62. Glover rescue case. (Case of Ableman vs. Booth.)
1854, March 10. Rescue of Joshua Glover by a mob at Milwaukee; followed by the prosecution of Sherman M. Booth, one of the rescuers, and a conflict between the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and the Supreme Court of the United States: Liberator, April 7, 24, 1854; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, 444; Mason, The Fugitive Slave Law in Wisconsin with Reference to Nullification Sentiment, 1895; C. C. Olin, A Complete Record of the John Olin Family, 1893; Byron Paine and A. D. Smith, Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act. Argument of A. D. Smith, Milwaukee, 1854. Wisconsin Supreme Court, Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act, Decision in case of Booth and Rycraft.
63. Burns case.
1854, May 24. Rendition of Anthony Burns in Boston: Liberator, May, June, 1854, Aug. 22, 1861; Kidnapping of Burns, Scrapbook collected by Theodore Parker; Personal Statement of Mr. Elbridge Sprague, N. Abington; Accounts in Boston Journal, May 27, 29, 1854; Daily Advertiser, May 26, 29, June 7, 8, July 17; Traveller, May 27, 29, June 2, 3, 6, 10, July 15, 18, Oct. 3, Nov. 29, Dec. 5, 7, 1854, April 3, 4, 10, 11, 1855; Evening Gazette, May 27, 1854; Worcester Spy, May 31; Argument of Mr. R. H. Dana; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 256; Stevens, History of Anthony Burns; New York Tribune, May 26, 1854; Clarke, Anti-Slavery Days, 87; Greeley, American Conflict, I, 218; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, 435; Von Holst, VI, 62; Garrisons' Garrison, II, 201, III, 409; C. F. Adams, Dana, I, 262-330; Rhodes, History of the United States, I, 500-506; T. W. Higginson, Atlantic Monthly, March, 1897, 349-354; McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, 45; Lillie B. C. Wyman, New England Magazine, July, 1890.
64. Sloane case.
1854. Prosecution of Rush R. Sloane before the District Court of the United States at Columbus, Ohio, for dismissing fugitives from the custody of their captors at Sandusky, Ohio: 5 McLean's United States Reports, 64; Rush R. Sloane and H. F. Paden, Firelands Pioneer, 47-49, 21-22.
65. Rosetta case.
1855, March. Release of the slave girl, Rosetta, by writ of habeas corpus from the possession of her master, who brought her voluntarily to Columbus, Ohio; followed some time later by the seizure and removal of the girl, and the pursuit of her captors to Cincinnati, where they were compelled by legal process to give her up: Warden, Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase, 344, 345; A. E. Lee, History of Columbus, Ohio, I, 602, 603.