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Bloody dawn : the Christiana Riot and racial violence in the antebellum North

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3422
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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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19541
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
326 S645
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Responsibility
David G. Smith.
ISBN
9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper)
0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Fordham University Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
The North's Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Borderlands - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists.
African Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Borderlands.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Race relations.
Underground Railroad.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S645
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But we have no country : the 1851 Christiana, Pennsylvania Resistance

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12760
Author
Forbes, Ella,
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
974.80323 F692e
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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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Report of the trial of Castner Hanway for treason, in the resistance of the execution of the Fugitive slave law of September 1850. Before Judges Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Held at Philadelphia in November and December, 1851. To which is added an Appendix, containing the laws of the United States on the subject of fugitives from labor, the charges of Judge Kane to the grand juries in relation thereto, and a statement of the points of law decided by the court during the trial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2052
Author
Hanway, Castner,
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
974.8032 R634
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By James J. Robbins. From the notes of Arthur Cannon and Samuel B. Dalrymple, phonograpic reporters appointed by the court for this case.
Author
Hanway, Castner,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
King & Baird,
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
2 p.l., 9-275 p. 23 cm.
Notes
The charge was in connection with an attempt to arrest Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, Joshua Hammond, and George Hammond on a warrant issued under the Fugitive slave law, claiming them as slaves of Edward Gorsuch of Maryland.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Buley, Noah.
Fugitive slave law of 1850.
Additional Author
Robbins, James J.
Cannon, Arthur.
Dalrymple, Samuel B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8032 R634
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Rebellion at Christiana

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2063
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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Christiana Riot - Information file

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21547
Call Number
Information file - Christiana Riot
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Summary
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Christiana (Pa.) - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Christiana Riot
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17037
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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J. William Thorne's 1875 account of the Christiana Riot

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19260
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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William Parker, the hero of the Christiana Riot

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Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Date of Publication
1897
Christiana Riot / by Thomas Whitson, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Parker, William. Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana. Christiana (Pa.)--History. Christiana (Pa.)--Race relations. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [27]-34 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal
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Responsibility
by Thomas Whitson, Esq.
Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[27]-34 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 1
Subjects
Parker, William.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Christiana (Pa.) - Race relations.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 1 (1897), p. 27-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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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
Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, and Cecil, Harford and Baltimore Counties·, Maryland, were much intensified. Mason and Dixon line was the imaginary demarcation between two wholly antagonistic social and po- �8 THE CHRISTIANA RIOT. litical orders. The same person might be a Maryland slave under Maryland
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Responsibility
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.
Contained In
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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