Bloody Dawn [[electronic resource] ] : The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North

• Autore: Slaughter Thomas P
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 974.815
• Soggetto topico: African Americans; Fugitive slaves; Riots; Violence
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: When 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 heightening
• Titolo autorizzato: Bloody Dawn
• ISBN: 0-19-992329-9; 1-4294-0143-5; 1-60256-590-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784559603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II