Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Lancaster County, PA Events Date Type 09/08/1851 Edward Gorsuch arrives in Philadelphia seeking warrants for his runaways Legal/Political 08/28/1851 Spy informs Edward Gorsuch about location of his runaway slaves Legal/Political Major Topics Fugitive Slave Law People Documents 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 Images Bibliography The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch Bloody Dawn: The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania Resistance at Christiana: The Fugitive Slave Rebellion, Christiana Pennsylvania, September 11, 1851: A Documentary Account Rebellion at Christiana The Hotel by the Railroad: Christiana's Finest "By My Own Right Arm": Redemptive Violence and the 1851 Christiana, Pennsylvania Resistance But We Have No Country: The 1851 Christiana, Pennsylvania, Resistance William Parker and the Christiana Riot