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Resistance at Christiana; the fugitive slave rebellion, Christiana, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1851: a documentary account

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Author
Katz, Jonathan,
Date of Publication
[1974]
Call Number
974.80323 K18
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ISBN
0690003072
Author
Katz, Jonathan,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crowell
Date of Publication
[1974]
Physical Description
viii, 359 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
African American Resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Summary
The book details the events leading up to and following the " Christiana Riot " in 1851. African Americans in Christiana, Pennsylvania, repulsed the efforts of a Maryland slave owner to capture escaped slaves. The encounter resulted in the death of the slave owner and the trial for treason of several men. The charges were based on the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 which required citizens to assist in the return of escaped slaves to their owners. No one was convicted in the trial. The book states that "the Christiana resistance ranks with the Nat Turner uprising as one of the major episodes in black American history and the history of black-white relations. Along with John Brown's raid it was a harbinger of the Civil War. "
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Violence - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Christiana (Pa.) - Race relations.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323 K18
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Bloody dawn : the Christiana Riot and racial violence in the antebellum North

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Author
Slaughter, Thomas P.
Date of Publication
1991.
Call Number
974.80323 S631
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Responsibility
Thomas P. Slaughter.
ISBN
0195046331 :
Author
Slaughter, Thomas P.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
1991.
Physical Description
xiv, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-239) and index.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Contents
Chapters: THE ESCAPE // BLACK IMAGES IN WHITE MINDS // THE CHASE // THE RIOT // AFTERMATH // STRATAGEMS // THE TRIAL // RACE, VIOLENCE , AND LAW // RACE, RIOTS AND LAW // CONCLUSION
Summary
"This book tells the story of a riot that erupted on September 11, 1851 at Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and of the people whose lives were changed forever by that violent event. Shortly after dawn on that day, Lancaster's African-American community rose up in arms against attempted enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850; and, in the course of saving four men from the federal posse charged to reenslave them, rioters killed the Maryland farmer who was trying to reclaim his human chattel." [from the introduction]
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Violence - Pennsylvania - Christiana
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Christiana (Pa.) - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323 S631
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Rebellion at Christiana

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Author
Bacon, Margaret Hope.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
[1975]
Call Number
974.80323 B129
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Responsibility
by Margaret Hope Bacon.
ISBN
0517515768 :
Author
Bacon, Margaret Hope.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crown Publishers,
Date of Publication
[1975]
Physical Description
viii, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 207-209.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Summary
Relates the causes, events, and aftermath of the brief battle in 1851 between slave owners and escaped slaves led by William Parker.
Subjects
Parker, William. - Juvenile literature.
Parker, William.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History - History, Juvenile.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323 B129
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But we have no country : the 1851 Christiana, Pennsylvania Resistance

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Author
Forbes, Ella,
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
974.80323 F692e
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Responsibility
by Ella Forbes.
ISBN
0965330818 (cloth : acidfree paper)
Author
Forbes, Ella,
Place of Publication
Cherry Hill, N.J
Publisher
Africana Homestead Legacy,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
xiv, 338 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-330) and index.
Summary
"But We Have No Country" examines how William Parker and the Christiana Resisters tested the basic tenets of American democracy and law, especially the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. In doing so, they exposed the contradiction between the theory of the American creed and the reality of the enslavement and oppression of black Americans. Ultimately the Christiana Resistance was a contest of wills between Parker and his self-defense organization, with natural law on their side, and Edward Grosuch and other white slave owners, armed, literally with civil law. Their struggle encapsulized the more immense battle of how to incorporate the institution of slavery in a so-called free society which was waging nationwide. It was a clash that Parker and the valiant Resisters won. [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
United States. - Fugitive slave law (1850)
Slave insurrections - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Christiana (Pa.) - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323 F692e
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Bloody dawn

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1979
presentations would be staged in Quarryville Memorial Park on a large old flat bed trailer, today's answer to the Conestoga wagon. When the Southern Lancaster County Historical Society, Inc, was ap- proached, it decided to portray the Christiana Riot of 1851 as its presentation. Your president and editor
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Responsibility
a play by John W.W. Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1979
Physical Description
212-217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 83, no. 4
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Historical drama - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 83, number 4 (1979), p. 212-217Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.83
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J. William Thorne's 1875 account of the Christiana Riot

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Author
Thorne, J. Williams.
Date of Publication
2008].
Call Number
929 T511 DVD
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Author
Thorne, J. Williams.
Place of Publication
[Gap, PA
Publisher
Nancy Plumley,
Date of Publication
2008].
Physical Description
1 videodisc ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes portraits of Thorne on the cover.
Summary
On September 11, 1851, at Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the African-American community rose up in arms against attempted enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. While attempting to save four men from the federal posse charged to re-enslave them, rioters killed the Maryland farmer who was trying to reclaim his "property."
Subjects
Thorne, J Williams.
Antislavery movements - United States
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Plumley, Nancy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929 T511 DVD
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The Christiana Machine Company and the status revolution

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Author
Molz, Ferdinand L.
Date of Publication
1974
The Christiana Machine Company and the Status Revolution by Dr. Ferdinand L. Molz Recently the author presented in this Journal*a detailed ac- count of the origin and development of the Christiana Machine Com- pany in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The present article attempts to personalize that essay
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Responsibility
by Dr. Ferdinand L. Molz.
Author
Molz, Ferdinand L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1974
Physical Description
[141]-152 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 78, no. 3
Subjects
Broomell Family.
Christiana Machine Company (Christiana, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 78, number 3 (1974), p. 141-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.78
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A history of the Christiana Machine Company : 1863-1920

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Author
Molz, Ferdinand L.
Date of Publication
1972.
Journal of the LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY A History of the Christiana Machine Company, 1863-1920 by Ferdinand L. Molz with editorial assistance of Donald J. Summar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The writer wishes to thank all those persons whose assistance was invaluable in the preparation of this
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by Ferdinand L. Molz with editorial assistance of Donald J. Summar.
Author
Molz, Ferdinand L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
[173]-238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 76, no. 4
Subjects
Christiana Machine Company (Christiana, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 76, number 4 (1972), p. 173-238Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.76
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William Parker, rebel without rights

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Author
Rosenburg, John.
Date of Publication
1996
Call Number
812 R813
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Responsibility
a novel based on fact by John Rosenburg
ISBN
1562941399
Author
Rosenburg, John.
Place of Publication
Brookfield, Connecticut
Publisher
The Millbrook Press
Date of Publication
1996
Physical Description
141 p. ill. 24 cm.
Subjects
Parker, William - Juvenile fiction.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
812 R813
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Treason at Christiana, September 11, 1951 The true story of a Battle of Freedom on the Underground Railroad that Rocked the Nation, Threatened Secesion of States from the Union and Brought a Charge of Treason by the Federal Government Against 38 Americans

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Author
Rettew, LaVerne D.
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
974.80323 R439
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Author
Rettew, LaVerne D.
Place of Publication
[Sl
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
129, [6] p. ill. 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographic references.
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323 R439
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