Christiana, PA

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Lancaster County, PA
Date Type
Edward Gorsuch arrives in Philadelphia seeking warrants for his runaways Legal/Political
Spy informs Edward Gorsuch about location of his runaway slaves Legal/Political
Fugitive Slave Law
Date Title
Boston (MA) Evening Transcript, "The Fugitive Slave Riots in Pennsylvania," September 13, 1851
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Fugitive Slave Riot," September 14, 1851
(Columbus) Ohio State Journal, "The Christiana Tragedy," September 23, 1851
Rochester (NY) Frederick Douglass' Paper, "Freedom's Battle at Christiana," September 25, 1851
Entry by Moncure Daniel Conway, October 2, 1851
Memphis (TN) Appeal, "Treason!," October 10, 1851
John Henry Hill to William Still, January 19, 1854
Hiram Corson to Robert Corson, November 1, 1871
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
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