- Collection
- Christiana Resistance Collection
- Title
- Christiana Resistance Collection
- Object ID
- CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
- Date Range
- 1803-1971
Lancaster County. The events known as the
Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the
inhabitants and home of William Parker (1821-1891), a free black living in
Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and
attempted claim and return the slave