The slaveholder Edward Gorsuch,while trying to retrieve fugitive slaves,was killed in September 1851 in a melee which came to be known as the

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The Christiana Riot occurred in September 1851 when Edward Gorsuch, a Maryland slaveholder, attempted to retrieve his fugitive slaves in Pennsylvania. The confrontation led to Gorsuch's death and became a significant event in the resistance against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

The Slaveholder Edward Gorsuch,while Trying to Retrieve Fugitive Slaves,was Killed