life to the protection of the Negroes' rights and in the Christiana riot he "saw his greatest moment as a defender of the rights of his race." 6 In the early 1840's Parker began to hear of the aboli- tionist movement in Lancaster County. While in Lancaster one day he heard �the speeches of William

District Attorney John L. Thompson. Together these �• tie • .-- 47-471-` 047.,..-,w, olu.;?•' Sketch of the Riot House, home of William Parker. This stone building fell into ruins early this century. men scoured the neighborhood around Christiana and managed to take a few dozen prisoners. Legal hearings

slaves escaped, has �4 THE CHRISTIANA RIOT. given me much accurate information as to their previous condition of servitude. If their contribution to the history of the encounter and the events preceding it presents, the relation of the Southern­ ers to it in a far more favorable light than has hitherto

Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: Coroner's verdict in the Christiana Riot case : an interesting paper / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Gorsuch, Edward. Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana. Christiana (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: Aftermath supplementary to Christiana Riot, 1851 / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana. Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society

stated that "no figure typifies the history of colonial Pennsylvania as does Henry William Stiegel. He was a religious man connected with three congregations in the neighborhood. He typifies the spirit of religious liberty which the example of Pennsylvania placed in the Constitution of the United States