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Bloody Dawn : the Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North.

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 befo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slaughter, Thomas P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (267 pages)
ISBN:9780198021513
0198021518
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9780199923298
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9781429401432
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9781602565906