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The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17928
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Edition
2nd and rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.80323
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by W.U. Hensel ; With some account of the commemoration of these events, September 9, 1911.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Edition
2nd and rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
ix, 158 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
United States.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Trials (Treason) - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57021/57021-h/57021-h.htm
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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
consideration for the facts as disclosed and from the point of view occupied at the home of the Gorsuches. The family of Dr. F. G. Mitchell, whose wife is a daughter of Dickinson Gorsuch, and who now owns the property thm of her grandfather, Edward Gorsuch,. from wru.ch the slaves fled, have been especially
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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.
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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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The Gap Gang

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Author
Smart, Gil.
Date of Publication
2008.
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by Gil Smart.
Author
Smart, Gil.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
p. 46 - 61 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 110, no. 2 (Summer 2008) .
Notes
Bibliography: p. 59 - 61.
Summary
The Gap gang was blamed for virtually every crime committed in this part of southeastern Pennsylvania - with good reason. From petty theft, armed robbery, arson, to counterfeiting, the loose-knit group terrorized the community, particularly its African - American members after 1850. This article focuses on the gang's pursuit of run-away slaves for profit.With the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, slave owners were emboldened in pursuing slaves who had escaped across the Mason-Dixon line into Pennsylvania. The law required civilians to assist in returning slaves to their owners, and it became profitable for the Gap Gang to sell former slaves in Pennsylvania back across the Mason Dixon line to slave owners. The gang developed a reputation for pursuing this line of business. This article also speaks of the formation of an African American Self Defense League in Lancaster County which meant to resist attempted captures of run-away slaves.
Subjects
Clemson family.
Bear, William.
Marsh, Perry.
United States.
Gap Gang.
Gangs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 110, number 2 (2008), p. 59-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.110, no. 2
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Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery

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Author
Blackett, R. J. M.,
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
973.7115 B628
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R.J.M. Blackett.
ISBN
9781469608778
1469608774
Author
Blackett, R. J. M.,
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xii, 122 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116) and index.
Contents
Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave: fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion: Counternarratives.
Summary
The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North. Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom. [from the publisher]
Subjects
United States.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Underground Railroad.
Slavery - United States
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Politics and government
Slavery
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 B628
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Prigg v. Pennsylvania : slavery, the Supreme Court, and the ambivalent constitution

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Author
Baker, H. Robert.
Date of Publication
©2012.
Call Number
342.73 B167
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H. Robert Baker.
ISBN
9780700618644 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700618643 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Baker, H. Robert.
Place of Publication
[Lawrence]
Publisher
University Press of Kansas,
Date of Publication
©2012.
Physical Description
xii, 202 pages ; 23 cm.
Series
Landmark law cases & American society
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents
A short history of fugitives in America and an African named James Somerset -- The original meaning of the fugitive slave clause -- The Fugitive Slave Act, kidnapping, and the powers of dual sovereigns -- The rights of slaveholders and those of free Blacks in Pennsylvania's Personal Liberty Law of 1826 -- Black sailors, kidnapped freemen, and a crisis in northern fugitive slave jurisprudence -- Arresting Margaret -- Arresting Edward Prigg -- Before the court -- Deciding Prigg -- After the court.
Summary
Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid claim to Margaret, who eventually married a free black man and moved to Pennsylvania. Then, John Ashmore's widow sent Edward Prigg to Pennsylvania to claim Margaret as a runaway. Prigg seized Margaret and her children, one of them born in Pennsylvania and forcibly removed them to Maryland in violation of Pennsylvania law. In the ensuing uproar, Prigg was indicted for kidnapping under Pennsylvania's personal liberty law. Maryland, however, blocked his extradition, setting the stage for a remarkable Supreme Court case in 1842.
Subjects
Prigg, Edward - Trials, litigation, etc.
Prigg, Edward.
Pennsylvania - Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. - Supreme Court.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Fugitive slaves
Trials.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
342.73 B167
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A slave family

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Author
Kalman, Bobbie.
Date of Publication
©2003.
Call Number
973.049 K14
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Bobbie Kalman & Amanda Bishop.
ISBN
0778707466
9780778707462
077870792X
9780778707929
0613529081
9780613529082
Author
Kalman, Bobbie.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crabtree Pub.,
Date of Publication
©2003.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Series
Colonial people
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.
Summary
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.
Subjects
Slaves - United States - Juvenile literature.
Plantation life - United States - Juvenile literature.
African American families - Juvenile literature.
African Americans - Juvenile literature.
African American families.
African Americans.
Plantation life.
Slaves
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States.
United States - History - 1600-1775, Colonial period - Juvenile literature.
USHISTORY-SLAVES-JUVLIT.
History.
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Bishop, Amanda.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.049 K14
Websites
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009945191&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
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The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

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Author
Ward, Andrew,
Date of Publication
2008.
Call Number
973.711 W256
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Andrew Ward.
ISBN
9780618634002
0618634002
9780547237923
0547237928
Author
Ward, Andrew,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.
Summary
The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.
Subjects
Slaves - Southern States - Biography.
Freedmen - United States - Biography.
African Americans - Biography.
African Americans.
Freedmen.
Slaves.
Social aspects.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
Southern States.
United States.
Biography.
History.
Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.711 W256
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Stealing freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line : Thomas McCreary, the notorious slave catcher from Maryland

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Author
Diggins, Milt,
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
973.7115 D573
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Milt Diggins.
ISBN
9780984213542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0984213546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780996594448
0996594442
Author
Diggins, Milt,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
The Maryland Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
xiii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
Contents
The maelstrom -- A failed compromise -- "Hanging the first abolitionist that they should catch in Maryland" -- The trials of Rachel Parker -- Kidnapper...or slave catcher? -- End of an era.
Summary
"This is the story of Thomas McCreary, a slave catcher from Cecil County, Maryland. Reviled by some, proclaimed a hero by others, he first drew public attention in the late 1840s for a career that peaked a few years after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Living and working as he did at the midpoint between Philadelphia, an important center for assisting fugitive slaves, and Baltimore, a major port in the slave trade, his story illustrates in raw detail the tensions that arose along the border between slavery and freedom just prior to the Civil War. McCreary and his community provide a framework to examine slave catching and kidnapping in the Baltimore-Wilmington-Philadelphia region and how those activities contributed to the nation's political and visceral divide." [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
McCreary, Thomas, - -1870.
United States.
Slavery - Maryland
Fugitive slaves - Maryland
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 D573
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