By Gerard Randallformer 2024 Republican Host Committee Secretary The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act on September 18, 1850. The act mandated that escaped slaves be returned to their masters, and that any officials as well as regular citizens in northern states, must comply with the law. The act energized those opposed to slavery to all the more … [Read more...] about Joshua Glover and Wisconsin’s ties to the founding of the Republican Party