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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
CASTNER HANWAY. ELIJAH LEWIS. JOSEPH SCARLET. TAKEN SOON AFTER THE TREASON T.�I...LS. THE CHRISTIANA RIOT AND THE TREASON TRIALS OF 1851 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH BY W. U. HENSEL PREPARED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THESE EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 9, 191l PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The Christiana riot of 1851 : a reappraisal

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Author
Grau, Richard.
Date of Publication
1964
The Christiana Riot of 1851: A Reappraisal Richard Grau THE MASON-DIXON LINE BECOMES PRONOUNCED The Christiana Riot of September, 1851 epitomized the conflicting in- stitutions which were already threatening the unity of the nation. The tragedy in Christiana, Pennsylvania was an outgrowth of the
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Richard Grau.
Author
Grau, Richard.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1964
Physical Description
[147]-175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.68, no. 4
Notes
Extensive notes and sources are cited.
Subjects
United States.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 68, number 4 (1964), p. 147-175Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.68
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The Christiana riot : its causes and effects, from a southern standpoint

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1911
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by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
193-208 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, Special supplementary number, June 30, 1911
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 6 [supplement] (1911), p. 193-208Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The newspapers and the Christiana Riots

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Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Date of Publication
1911
anti-slavery sections of the United States. Take, for instance, an editorial copied from one of the daily Philadelphia (Whig) news- papers, which reads as follows: "There can be no difference of opin- ion concerning the shocking affair �which occurred at Christiana on Thursday, the resisting of a law
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by A. K. Hostetter.
Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
296-308 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 10
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
United States - Newspapers.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 10 (1911), p. 296-308Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The Christiana Riot : an evaluation of its national significance

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Author
Nash, Roderick W.
Date of Publication
1961.
; indictment on charges of treason against the United States for thirty-eight residents of Lancaster County; and an extraordinary degree of excitement throughout the na- tion. �The riot excited widespread interest. In tiny weekly newspapers of hamlets in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and in large dailies
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by Roderick W. Nash.
Author
Nash, Roderick W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
[65]-91 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 65, no. 2
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 65, number 2 (1961), p. 65-91Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.65
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Christiana Riot House
Object ID
Christiana S02 F05
Date Range
1896
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Christiana Riot House
Description
Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House"
Insert 1 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House." [1896, 1898].
Insert 2 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House" with the Pownall farm in the background. [1896, 1898].
Insert 3 The Pownall farm. 1971. (Photograph owned in 1990 by Ms. C. Ammon of Christiana)
Date Range
1896
Year Range From
1896
Year Range To
1971
Storage Location
Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA
People
Pownall, Levi
Subject
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Christiana (Pa.)
Photographs
Historical markers
Classification
CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
Christiana S02 F05
Search Terms
Christiana Resistance
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Historical markers
Place
Christiana
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
Christiana S02 F05
Notes
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
LancasterHistory
230 N. President Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
archives@lancasterhistory.org
(717) 392-4633
Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 5, Moores Memorial Library
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Home of Levi Pownall
Object ID
Christiana S02 F06
Date Range
1969
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Home of Levi Pownall
Description
Home of Levi Pownall
Insert 1 "Home of Levi Pownall 2 miles SW of Christiana, It was to this house that Dickinson Gorsuch was brought to recuperate after the Christiana Riot, South View. W.R.M. 8/10/69"
Insert 2 Home of Levi Pownall, East View, "W.R.M. 8/10/69"
Date Range
1969
Storage Location
Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA
People
Pownall, Levi
Gorsuch, Dickinson
Subject
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Christiana (Pa.)
Photographs
Historical markers
Classification
CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
Christiana S02 F06
Search Terms
Christiana Resistance
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Historical markers
Place
Christiana
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
Christiana S02 F06
Notes
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
LancasterHistory
230 N. President Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
archives@lancasterhistory.org
(717) 392-4633
Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 6, Moores Memorial Library
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Peter Woods and family
Object ID
Christiana S02 F12
Date Range
1911
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Peter Woods and family
Description
Insert 1 Peter Woods and family, survivor of the Christiana Riot and Treason Trial defendant. 9 September 1911. Front Row, left to right: Mrs. Peter Woods, Peter Woods, Aunt Mary
Back Row, left to right: Howard Woods, Susan Woods, James Woods, Annie Woods, Percy Woods, Harry Woods, Leora Woods, Eugene Woods.
Note: Other children of Peter Woods not shown are: Jacob, Sumner, Ida, Tillie and Peter Woods Jr. (Information by Mrs. Lillian Speed of Parkesburg, Pa.)
Insert 2 Centennial Commemoration Ceremony, 9 September 1951.
Date Range
1911
Year Range From
1911
Year Range To
1951
Storage Location
Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA
People
Woods, Peter
Woods, Mary Howard
Woods, Susan
Woods, James
Woods, Annie
Woods, Percy
Woods, Harry
Woods, Leonora
Woods, Eugene
Woods, Jacob
Woods, Sumner
Woods, Ida
Woods, Tillie
Woods Jr., Peter
Subject
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Christiana (Pa.)
Photographs
Classification
CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
Christiana S02 F12
Search Terms
Christiana Resistance
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Place
Christiana
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
Christiana S02 F12
Notes
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
LancasterHistory
230 N. President Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
archives@lancasterhistory.org
(717) 392-4633
Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 12, Moores Memorial Library
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Program

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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Souvenir program
Object ID
Christiana S01 F13
Date Range
1911
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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Souvenir program
Description
Souvenir program, "Commemoration of the Christiana Riot and Treason Trials of 1851," Lancaster County Historical Society.
1911.
Admin/Biographical History
The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot" occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker a free black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the freedom seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. Edward's son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a precursor to the Civil War.
System of Arrangement
Series 1 Manuscript and Printed Material, 1803-1955
Series 2 Photographs, 1895-1971 and No date
Date Range
1911
Creation Date
1911
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA
Subjects
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Programs (Publications)
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.)
Christiana (Pa.)
Search Terms
Christiana Resistance
Programs
Lancaster County Historical Society
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Extent
1 item
Physical Characteristics
The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Object Name
Program
Container
Moores Memorial Library Series 1 Folder 13 Souvenir Program Souvenir program, "Commemoration of the Christiana Riot and Treason Trials of 1851," Lancaster County Historical Society. 1911.
1911
Language
English
Object ID
Christiana S01 F13
Location of Originals
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
Related Item Notes
Christiana Resistance Collection (CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1287a022-e430-4f3f-bc97-330571018105
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Copyright
The attached images may be used for research purposes only.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 1, Folder 13, Moores Memorial Library
Classification
CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
Christiana S01 F13
Description Level
Folder
Custodial History
Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.
The collection contains correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts. An 1896 photograph shows Peter Woods and Samuel Hopkins, survivors of the riot. There are also photographs of the Christiana Riot House, the Pownall farm, and key figures in the riot and at the Treason Trials of 1851.
The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public. Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
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A reminiscence of Langdon Cheves

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: A reminiscence of Langdon Cheves / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857. Legislators--United States--Biography. Slavery--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
120-122 ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4
Subjects
Cheves, Langdon, - 1776-1857.
Legislators - United States
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 4 (1911), p. 120-122Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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