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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Resistance Collection

Object ID: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Date Range: 1803-1971

to as the “Christiana Riot” occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker (1822), a free black living in Christiana

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Resistance Collection

Description: The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot," occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in 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 man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the Freedom Seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.; The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. 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 photographs, from 1803-1971. Documents include: land drafts and deeds, correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts of the event, memorializations, announcements and a radio drama related to or inspired by the Christiana Resistance event of 1851.; Contained in the photograph series are photographs of: the event place and places related to the Christiana Resistance, the Pownall farm, event monuments, daguerreotypes of key figures and survivors of the resistance.; Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Admin/Biographical History: The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot" occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker a free Black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the freedom seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.; The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. 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.

System of Arrangement: Series 1 Manuscript and Printed Material, 1803-1955; Series 2 Photographs, 1895-1971 and No date

Date Range: 1803-1971

Year Range From: 1803

Year Range To: 1971

Date of Accumulation: 1803-1971

Creator: Moores Memorial Library

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

Subjects: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.)

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance

Extent: 1 box, 37 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Physical Characteristics: The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Location of Originals: Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Copyright: The attached images may be used for research purposes only.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for high resolution images and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series #, Folder #, Moores Memorial Library

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.; The collection contains correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts. An 1896 photograph shows Peter Woods and Samuel Hopkins, survivors of the riot. There are also photographs of the Christiana Riot House, the Pownall farm, and key figures in the riot and at the Treason Trials of 1851.; The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public. Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

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Creating a commonwealth : a guide to your state government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1859

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: [1995?]

Call Number: 353.9748 C912

Alternate Title: Guide to your state government

Responsibility: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.]

Publisher: The House,

Date of Publication: [1995?]

Physical Description: vi, 98 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Question and answer format.

Contents: General Assembly -- Executive branch -- Judicial branch.

Subjects: Questions and answers.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 353.9748 C912

Index to the Journal of the eighth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20848

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Book 41 1808g

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Alternate Title: Index for 1797-

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by J. Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut Street.,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: [18] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 41 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - General Assembly. - House of Representatives.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 41 1808g

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http://docs.newsbank.com/select/SHAW2/52231

Index to the Journal of the eleventh House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20851

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Yeates Book 41 1808j

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Alternate Title: Index for 1800-1

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by J. Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut Street.,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: [20] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 41 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - General Assembly. - House of Representatives.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 41 1808j

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http://docs.newsbank.com/select/SHAW2/52228

Index to the Journal of the fifth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20845

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Book 41 1898d

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Alternate Title: Index for 1794-5

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by J. Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut Street.,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: [18] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book 41 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: Book 41 1898d

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http://docs.newsbank.com/select/SHAW2/52234

Index to the journal of the first House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20841

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Yeates Book 41 1808

1 website

Alternate Title: Index for 1790-1

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by J. Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut Street.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: [26] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Signature of Yeates at top of title page.; Book number 41 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - General Assembly. - House of Representatives.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 41 1808

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http://docs.newsbank.com/select/SHAW2/52238

Index to the Journal of the fourth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20844

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Book 41 1808c

1 website

Alternate Title: Index for 1793-4

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by J. Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut Street.,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: [24] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Book number 41 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 41 1808c

Websites

http://docs.newsbank.com/select/SHAW2/52235

Index to the Journal of the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20671

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 26 1805

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by Benjamin Grimler,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: 34 pages.

Notes: Caption title: Index to the Journal ... for 1804-5.; Book number 26 as assigned by Yeates; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Shaw & Shoemaker,; Full tooled leather with maroon spine label.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - General Assembly. - House of Representatives. - Indexes.; Legislative journals - Pennsylvania - Indexes.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 26 1805

Index to the Journal of the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20692

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Call Number: Book 28a 1897

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.] : b Printed by William Hamilton, West King Street, c 1807

Physical Description: 39 pages.

Notes: Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Full tooled leather with maroon spine label.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. b General Assembly. b House of Representatives. t Journal of the fifteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania v Indexes.; Legislative journals z Pennsylvania v Indexes.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper, d 1745-1817.

Place: United States b Pennsylvania d Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 28a 1897

Index to the Journal of the ninth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20849

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1808.

Call Number: Book 41 1808h

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Alternate Title: Index for 1798-9

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by J. Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut Street.,

Date of Publication: 1808.

Physical Description: [16] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 41 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - General Assembly. - House of Representatives.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 41 1808h

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Documents

Creating a commonwealth : a guide to your state government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1859

Index to the Journal of the eighth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20848

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Index to the Journal of the eleventh House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20851

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Index to the Journal of the fifth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20845

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Index to the journal of the first House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20841

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Index to the Journal of the fourth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20844

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Index to the Journal of the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20671

Index to the Journal of the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20692

Index to the Journal of the ninth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20849

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