Charles C. Clement (November 14, 1815 – January 11, 1886) was an American carpenter, newspaper publisher, Wisconsin pioneer, and abolitionist activist.
They left Alton soon after, but spoke often about the barbarity of what they had witnessed, and the experience reinforced abolitionist beliefs in Clement and the rest of his family.
His presence in Racine became known, however, and his former captor, Bennami Garland, came north under the auspices of the Fugitive Slave Act to reclaim him.
On March 18, 1854, Clement went north and led a mob, along with Booth, to the Milwaukee jail, where they attempted to arrest Garland and the U.S. marshal.
[3][4][5] Outrage over the Fugitive Slave Act was a substantial motivation for the creation of the Republican Party in the days after the Glover incident.
That fall, Clement became the first Republican nominee for Wisconsin's 7th State Senate district, and was elected in November 1854 to a two-year term.
[1] Charles Clement's younger brother, Stephen, who he had followed to Wisconsin, had subsequently moved to Texas in the years before the Civil War.
In that time, secret societies such as the Knights of the Golden Circle began hunting for anti-slavery northerners living in the southern states.
More complete accounts of the arrest and subsequent events appeared in the following edition, with the main headline announcing:'HIGH-HANDER OUTRAGE!