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

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W. U. Hensel

PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. Introductory.

CHAPTER II. The Law of the Land.

CHAPTER III. Conditions Along the Border.

CHAPTER IV. The Escape and Pursuit of the Slaves.

CHAPTER V. The Defense and Defenders.

CHAPTER VI. The Fight.

CHAPTER VII. The "Pursuit" and Arrests.

CHAPTER VIII. The Political Aftermath.

CHAPTER IX. Before the Trial.

CHAPTER X. " The Treason Trials. "

CHAPTER XI. The Later Trials.

CHAPTER XII. Parker's Own Story.

CHAPTER XIII. After the War.

ADDENDA.

IN PRISON FOR TREASON.

FOOTNOTES:

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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