christiana (pa.)

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christiana (pa.)

Rebellion at Christiana

  • Bacon, Margaret Hope
1975
Relates the causes, events, and aftermath of the brief battle in 1851 between slave owners and escaped slaves led by William Parker.

William Parker

rebel without rights, a novel based on fact
  • Rosenburg, John M
1996
William Parker, an escaped slave, defies the United States government in the Christiana Riot of 1851, an event which triggers the biggest treason trial in American history.
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