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Back to EpisodesThe 1851 Christiana Riots and Laurel Hill
Episode 502
Published 2 months, 1 week ago
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ABC:LHS 089-5 In 1851, Lancaster County ...
... had become home to many self-emancipated formerly enslaved people. When slave hunters showed up to reclaim their "property," the people of Christiana gathered to protect their own. What resulted was the largest treason trial in United States history.