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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Resistance Collection

Object ID: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Date Range: 1803-1971

85110529) Riots -- Pennsylvania -- Christiana (LHo-LOC sh 85025217) Riots--Pennsylvania—Christiana (LHo-LOC sh 85025217) Treason (LHo-LOC sh 85137197) Trials (LHo-LOC sh 85137328) Trials (Treason) (LHo-LOC sh 85137400) Underground railroad (LHo-LOC n 94042719) Name Headings: Pownall, Levi (LHo-LOC n

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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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Coroner's verdict in the Christiana Riot case : an interesting paper

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1897

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

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Responsibility: by Hon. W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [114]-116 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 4

Subjects: Gorsuch, Edward.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Christiana (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 4 (1897), p. 114-116Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Riot House

Object ID: Christiana S02 F04

Date Range: 1895

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Riot House

Description: "Christiana Riot House"; Insert 1 "Christiana Riot House." No date.; Insert 2 "Christiana Riot House." [1895]. Original printed by Howard C. Moore, Christiana, Pa. Also 1 copy. (Original donated by Mrs. Barnard (Jean) Pownall); Insert 3 "Christiana Riot House." No date. Also 2 copies. (Original donated by Mrs. Barnard (Jean) Pownall); Insert 4 "Christiana Riot House (South View)." No date. Also 1 copy.; Insert 5 "Christiana Riot House" with unidentified woman standing by tree. No date.

Date Range: 1895

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

People: Moore, Howard C.

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs; Historical markers

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE; Christiana S02 F04

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Historical markers

Place: Christiana

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: Christiana S02 F04

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 4, Moores Memorial Library

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Riot House

Object ID: Christiana S02 F05

Date Range: 1896

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Riot House

Description: Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House"; Insert 1 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House." [1896, 1898].; Insert 2 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House" with the Pownall farm in the background. [1896, 1898].; Insert 3 The Pownall farm. 1971. (Photograph owned in 1990 by Ms. C. Ammon of Christiana)

Date Range: 1896

Year Range From: 1896

Year Range To: 1971

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

People: Pownall, Levi

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs; Historical markers

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE; Christiana S02 F05

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Historical markers

Place: Christiana

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: Christiana S02 F05

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 5, Moores Memorial Library

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Zercher's Hotel

Object ID: Christiana S02 F08

Date Range: 1895

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Zercher's Hotel

Description: Zercher's Hotel, where the body of slave owner Edward Gorsuch was taken for viewing and inquest before it was returned to his home in Maryland. Harrar's Store in 1895. Later, Christiana Machine Company offices. Photograph [1895].

Date Range: 1895

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

People: Gorsuch, Edward

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE; Christiana S02 F08

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania

Place: Christiana

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: Christiana S02 F08

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 8, Moores Memorial Library

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Samuel Hopkins and Peter Woods

Object ID: Christiana S02 F11

Date Range: 1896

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Samuel Hopkins and Peter Woods

Description: Samuel Hopkins and Peter Woods. "Survivors of the Christiana Riot taken at the scene-1896."

Date Range: 1896

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

People: Hopkins, Samuel; Woods, Peter

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE; Christiana S02 F11

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania

Place: Christiana

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: Christiana S02 F11

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 11, Moores Memorial Library

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A true story of the Christiana riot

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Author: Forbes, David R.

Date of Publication: 1898.

Call Number: 974.80323 F692

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Responsibility: By David R. Forbes ...

Author: Forbes, David R.

Place of Publication: Quarryville, Pa

Publisher: The Sun Printing House,

Date of Publication: 1898.

Physical Description: 154 p. plates, ports. 22 cm.

Contents: Chapters : The Fugitive slave act --- The Result --- War --- The Sequel --- The Testimony At The Hearing --- The Hearing Resumed --- Thaddeus Stevens Scores A Point --- A Western View --- The Trial For Treason --- Specification Of Charges --- The Evidence --- The Trial Continued --- Testimony For The Defense --- Judge Grier's Charge To The Jury --- The Verdict And Comments --- The Hero Of The Riot --- William Parker's Story

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Summary: The book title refers to the violent action to prevent the capture of certain escaped slaves living in Christiana, Pa. in 1851.

Subjects: Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80323 F692

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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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Coroner's verdict in the Christiana Riot case : an interesting paper

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A true story of the Christiana riot

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William Parker, the hero of the Christiana Riot

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