![[3729686] The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society October 6, 1911]. W U. Hensel, 1851–1915, William Uhler Hensel.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729686.jpg?auto=webp&v=1598300214)
The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society October 6, 1911]
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Hensel’s 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. [within Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society October 6, 1911]
Lancaster, Pa.: Press of The New Era Printing Company, 1911. Front matter, then: Frontispiece, [iv], 134 pages.
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