Bloody Dawn: The Christiana Riots and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North by Slaughter, Thomas P - 1991

New York: Oxford University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 252 pp. .

Oxford, 1991. 252pp. Gray cloth spine with red boards, DJ VGwith a couple tiny tears, index, chapter notes, b&w illustrations, BLOODY DAWN : The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1994-10-20. Paperback. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991-10-24. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, 1994-10-20. Paperback. Good. 7x5x0. [Racial Violence in Pre-Civil War America.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Scattered underlining and markings, some in ink.

Oxford University Press, New York, NY: (1991)., 1991 pp. xiv, 252 + Illustrations. 8vo. Original printed wraps. The "dramatic story of escape, manhunt, riot, and. trial" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. PA 08A Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Oxford University Press, 1994 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, great copy .

New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xiv, 252 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark grey cloth spine with red spine title; red paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. On September 11, 1851, a group of free Blacks and escaped slaves fought a raid led by a federal marshal to recapture four slaves who had escaped from Maryland to Lancaster County, Pa., a free state. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had increased penalties on those who helped escaped slaves and required law enforcement, even in free states, to assist in their recapture. The exchange of gunfire resulted in the death of the man who claimed the men. The federal government charged 41 people with treason, both Blacks and whites. The first to be tried, Castner Hanway, a white man from Christiana, Pa., was acquitted after only 15 minutes of deliberation by the jury. The author "paints a rich portrait of the ongoing struggles between local blacks and white kidnapping gangs, the climactic riot as neighbors… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A superb copy.