The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch.
Resisting the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
An account of the Christiana Riot, an incident of African American-led armed resistance which took place in 1851 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just over the Mason-Dixon line, in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Description: The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch.
Lancaster, Pa.: Press of The New Era Printing Company, 1911. Second and Revised Edition.
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