02637nam 22006373u 450 991081696120332120240410113939.00-19-992329-91-4294-0143-51-60256-590-2(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(MiAaPQ)EBC7037599(Au-PeEL)EBL7037599(EXLCZ)99100000000036344820140113d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBloody Dawn The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North1st ed.New 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 slavesRiotsViolenceAfrican Americans.Fugitive slaves.Riots.Violence.974.815Slaughter Thomas P969636AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910816961203321Bloody Dawn3937281UNINA