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[[File:LittleWhiteSchoolhouse.jpg|thumb|The [[Little White Schoolhouse]] in [[Ripon, Wisconsin|Ripon]] held the nation's first meeting of the Republican Party.]] [[File:WIS-8th@Viclsburg.jpg|thumb|The [[8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment]] with [[Old Abe]]]] | [[File:LittleWhiteSchoolhouse.jpg|thumb|The [[Little White Schoolhouse]] in [[Ripon, Wisconsin|Ripon]] held the nation's first meeting of the Republican Party.]] [[File:WIS-8th@Viclsburg.jpg|thumb|The [[8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment]] with [[Old Abe]]]] | ||
Politics in early Wisconsin were defined by the greater national debate over slavery. A free state from its foundation, Wisconsin became a center of northern [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionism]]. The debate became especially intense in 1854 after [[Joshua Glover]], a runaway slave from [[Missouri]], was captured in [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]]. Glover was taken into custody under the Federal [[Fugitive Slave Act of 1850|Fugitive Slave Law]], but a mob of abolitionists stormed the prison where Glover was held and helped him escape to Canada. In a trial stemming from the incident, the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] ultimately declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite book|title=Leading Events of Wisconsin History|last=Legler|first=Henry|year=1898|publisher=Sentinel|location=Milwaukee, Wis.|pages=226–229|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER1124.html|chapter=Rescue of Joshua Glover, a Runaway Slave|access-date=October 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071024/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER1124.html|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Republican Party, founded on March 20, 1854, by anti-slavery expansion activists in [[Ripon, Wisconsin]], grew to dominate state politics in the aftermath of these events.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nesbit|year=1973|isbn=978-0-299-06370-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wisconsinhistory0000nesb/page/238 238–239]|title=Wisconsin: a history|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |url=https://archive.org/details/wisconsinhistory0000nesb/page/238}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], around 91,000 troops from Wisconsin fought for the | Politics in early Wisconsin were defined by the greater national debate over slavery. A free state from its foundation, Wisconsin became a center of northern [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionism]]. The debate became especially intense in 1854 after [[Joshua Glover]], a runaway slave from [[Missouri]], was captured in [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]]. Glover was taken into custody under the Federal [[Fugitive Slave Act of 1850|Fugitive Slave Law]], but a mob of abolitionists stormed the prison where Glover was held and helped him escape to Canada. In a trial stemming from the incident, the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] ultimately declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite book|title=Leading Events of Wisconsin History|last=Legler|first=Henry|year=1898|publisher=Sentinel|location=Milwaukee, Wis.|pages=226–229|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER1124.html|chapter=Rescue of Joshua Glover, a Runaway Slave|access-date=October 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071024/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER1124.html|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Republican Party, founded on March 20, 1854, by anti-slavery expansion activists in [[Ripon, Wisconsin]], grew to dominate state politics in the aftermath of these events.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nesbit|year=1973|isbn=978-0-299-06370-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wisconsinhistory0000nesb/page/238 238–239]|title=Wisconsin: a history|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |url=https://archive.org/details/wisconsinhistory0000nesb/page/238}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], around 91,000 troops from Wisconsin fought for the Union.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turning Points in Wisconsin History: The Iron Brigade, Old Abe and Military Affairs|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-023/?action=more_essay|publisher=[[Wisconsin Historical Society]]|access-date=March 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204150829/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-023/?action=more_essay|archive-date=December 4, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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