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Christiana Riot Markers
By Geoff Marsh, March 2, 2008
East Face (presumed front of monument)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | (East Face) In Commemoration of the “Christiana Riot” September 11, 1851, and the Treason Trials Sept. 29 – Dec. 17, 1851.
(North Face) Indicted for Treason U.S. Circuit Court E.D. PA. Aug. 1 1851:
1. Gastiner . . . — — Map (db m117273) HM |
| | The 1850 federal Fugitive Slave Act strengthened the position of slave-owners seeking to capture runaways. Pursuing four escaped slaves, Maryland farmer Edward Gorsuch arrived Sept. 11, 1851, at the Christiana home of William Parker, an African . . . — — Map (db m5715) HM |
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Among the events in the 1850s that helped drive the nation into civil war, the Christiana Riot put a controversial new law to a bloody test. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ordered federal officers to arrest suspected runaway slaves; it also . . . — — Map (db m200503) HM |
Apr. 26, 2024
