02602nam 22006133u 450 991045854190332120211005041247.00-19-992329-91-4294-0143-51-60256-590-2(CKB)1000000000363448(EBL)271096(OCoLC)476006436(SSID)ssj0000113310(PQKBManifestationID)11146069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113310(PQKBWorkID)10100840(PQKB)11398152(MiAaPQ)EBC271096(MiAaPQ)EBC886588(Au-PeEL)EBL886588(OCoLC)784886703(EXLCZ)99100000000036344820140113d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBloody Dawn[electronic resource] The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum NorthNew York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-504634-X Contents; Introduction; 1. The Escape; 2. Black Images in White Minds; 3. The Chase; 4. The Riot; 5. Aftermath; 6. Stratagems; 7. The Trial; 8. Race, Violence, and Law; 9. Race, Riots, and Law; Conclusion; Afterword; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YWhen four young men, slaves on Edward Gorsuch's Maryland farm, escaped to rural Pennsylvania in 1849, the owner swore he'd bring them back. Two years later, Gorsuch lay dead outside the farmhouse in Christiana where he'd tracked them down, as his federal posse retreated pell-mell before thearmed might of local blacks--and the impact of the most notorious act of resistance against the federal Fugitive Slave Law was about to be felt across a divided nation. Bloody Dawn vividly tells this dramatic story of escape, manhunt, riot, and the ensuing trial, detailing its importance in heighteningAfrican AmericansFugitive slavesRiotsViolenceElectronic books.African Americans.Fugitive slaves.Riots.Violence.974.815Slaughter Thomas P969636AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910458541903321Bloody Dawn2465779UNINA