- Collection
- Christiana Resistance Collection
- Title
- Christiana Resistance Collection
- Object ID
- CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
- Date Range
- 1803-1971
. 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.
The collection contains 2 distinct series: documents and