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| Keywords: Edward Gorsuch's Original Fugitive Slave Petition and Ownership Documentation, Court Record - NARA - 278827.tif Scope and content Mr Gorsuch requests permission of the court to seek out and recover his fugitive slaves Noah Baley Nelson Ford George Hammond Joshua Hammond Eli Ford and Charles Ford The Court did grant Edward Gorsuch the right to reclaim his slaves But upon taking this action Mr Gorsuch lost his life and caused the so-called Christiana Riot in Lancaster County Pennsylvania Some say this event foretold the onset of the Civil War The accounts of the incident state that more than a hundred individuals gathered to prevent the arrest of fugitive slaves Josh Hammond and Nelson Ford One hundred and severteen indictments were handed down making this the largest mass indictment for treason in our nation's history General notes 278827 Local identifier U S District Court for the District of Maryland 09/24/1789 - 03/21/1892 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region Philadelphia NRBA 900 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19107-4292 date 1833 03 10 - 1850 09 18 Record group Record Group 21 Records of District Courts of the United States 1685 - 2004 Record group ARC 350 Fugitive Slave Case Papers compiled 1850 - 1860 Series ARC 278775 File unit Edward Gorsuch's Original Fugitive Slave Petition and Ownership Documentation 05/27/1851 - 05/28/1851 File unit ARC 278823 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRBPA-21-24M103A-12-4 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov 1850 texts History of Maryland History of slavery in Maryland Courts of the United States Fugitive slaves Christiana Pennsylvania | ||||