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The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch

Chapter 1: THE CHRISTIANA RIOT AND THE TREASON TRIALS OF 1851
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This historical sketch recounts the violent 1851 confrontation in a Pennsylvania border community arising from an attempt to recover fugitive slaves and the subsequent treason trials. It reconstructs the incident and courtroom proceedings from official reports, a phonographic trial transcript, legal pamphlets, newspapers, family diaries, and local reminiscences, presenting narratives from both the slaveholders' and anti-slavery neighbors' perspectives. The author situates the episode within broader tensions over the Fugitive Slave Law, examines legal and moral arguments, and preserves eyewitness detail while avoiding partisan judgment.

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Title: The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch

Author: W. U. Hensel

Release date: April 22, 2018 [eBook #57021]

Language: English

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CASTNER HANWAY.ELIJAH LEWIS.JOSEPH SCARLET.
TAKEN SOON AFTER THE TREASON TRIALS.


THE CHRISTIANA RIOT
AND
THE TREASON TRIALS
OF 1851

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

BY
W. U. HENSEL

Prepared and Published for the Commemoration
of these Events, September 9, 1911

Press of
The New Era Printing Company
Lancaster, Pa.

1911