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About Christiana, PA

On September 11, 1851, Christiana was the site of the Battle of Christiana (also called the Christiana Riot), in which the local residents defended with firearms a fugitive slave, killing the slaveowner. Southerners demanded the hanging of those responsible, who were accused of treason and making war on the United States, but after the first defendant was acquitted, the government dropped the case. The trial was the first nationally covered challenge to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Christiana is the least populous borough in Lancaster County. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,124 people, 383 households, and 284 families residing in the borough.