Bloody Dawn: The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North by Thomas P. Slaughter ISBN 13: 9780195046335

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, 1991-10-24. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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

New Yoryk Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. First printing. Gilt on red & black covers in a white & pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 252 pages.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 252pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr. 1991 first edition Oxford University Press hardback; Very Good ex-American Library, Paris copy, plate, few other stickers and stamps; with Very Good unclipped dj carefully covered in adhesive plastic and attached to the book; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1991.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. (1st) DJ has tiny tear at bottom back tip. Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press, 1991-10-24. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!