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Christiana, PA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1857
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Place Unit Type
  City or Town
Containing Unit
  Lancaster County, PA

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Date span Type
08/28/1851 Spy informs Edward Gorsuch about location of his runaway slaves Legal/Political
09/08/1851 Edward Gorsuch arrives in Philadelphia seeking warrants for his runaways Legal/Political

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  • Fugitive Slave Law

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Date Title
09/13/1851 Boston (MA) Evening Transcript, "The Fugitive Slave Riots in Pennsylvania," September 13, 1851
09/14/1851 New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Fugitive Slave Riot," September 14, 1851
09/23/1851 (Columbus) Ohio State Journal, "The Christiana Tragedy," September 23, 1851
09/25/1851 Rochester (NY) Frederick Douglass' Paper, "Freedom's Battle at Christiana," September 25, 1851
10/02/1851 Entry by Moncure Daniel Conway, October 2, 1851
10/10/1851 Memphis (TN) Appeal, "Treason!," October 10, 1851
01/19/1854 John Henry Hill to William Still, January 19, 1854
11/01/1871 Hiram Corson to Robert Corson, November 1, 1871

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