Details
Title The Christiana tragedy [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date [1872]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 12 x 17 cm. (4.5 x 6.75 in)
Description Depicts an incident that is said to have occurred in Christiana in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania in September 1851. A party of slave-hunters, emboldened by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, attempted to capture a number of black men as fugitive slaves. The slave-hunters tried to enter the home of a suspected fugitive, but they were denied access and shots were fired. In response, a group of approximately thirty to fifty blacks congregated to defend themselves and their neighbor. Fierce fighting ensued, and lives were lost.
Is part of Still, William, 1821-1902. Underground Rail Road. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872.
Notes Illustration in William Still's Underground Rail Road: a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c. (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872), p. 350.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Resistance.
Subject United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
Riots -- Pennsylvania -- Christiana.
Fugitive slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- Pennsylvania -- Christiana.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1870-1880.
Book illustrations -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1872 Still 19214.O p 350
Accession number 19214.O