After using the Dickinson Chronicles as a starting point, I searched Google Books for related materials that was either available online or in our own library.\u00a0 I began with general searches like \u201c1847 Carlisle Slave Riots\u201d, \u201cCarlisle Slavery\u201d, \u201cUnderground Railroad, Carlisle, PA\u201d, and \u201cCarlisle Slave Riot 1847 McClintock\u201d,\u00a0 which produced the best results.\u00a0 I found two books to be very useful and\u00a0both of them were present in the library.<\/p>\n
Within the book Southern Emancipator<\/span> by John d\u2019Entremont, he discusses the type of professor and man John McClintock was.\u00a0 He refers to four articles that appeared in the Christian Advocate<\/em> in 1847 written by McClintock within which he argued how slavery could not be supported in a Christian lifestyle.\u00a0 These controversial articles caused enough anger from the readership that the editor was forced to cancel the fifth.\u00a0\u00a0 According to d\u2019Entremont, McClintock used these letters to show his differing views from the abolitionist movements.\u00a0 Contrary to the Dickinson Chronicle entry, this author states that the riot immediately followed the June 2, 1847 court hearing as the Carlisle Herald<\/em> explained, \u201cA general rush was made on the slave-owners and constables by the negro men and women and a frightful melee ensued in the street, in which for some minutes paving stones were hurled in showers and clubs and canes used with terrible energy.\u201d\u00a0 (page 30, d\u2019Entremont)\u00a0(1) (2)\u00a0 This difference in the reported dates of the incident is interesting and will be something to keep track off throughout my research.<\/p>\n I found another discrepancy within the data on the number of slaves actually imprisoned in the book American Mobbing, 1828-1861<\/span> by David Grimsted.\u00a0 He states that eleven blacks were ultimately imprisoned for multiple months until the Pennsylvania Supreme court overturned the ruling and acquitted all parties involved.\u00a0 He also discusses the prospect of these eleven blacks being sentenced to make the whites happy.\u00a0 As Grimsted says, \u201c[the eleven blacks were imprisoned]\u2026partly to appease Southern anger at the acquittal of the white man [McClintock] incorrectly alleged to be the mob leader.\u201d (3)\u00a0 This is the only source I have found that directly states that the eleven blacks were imprisoned for the reason of making up for the mistake of the court.<\/p>\n (1) d\u2019Entremont cites the trial testimony printed in the Carlisle American Volunteer<\/em> on September 2, 1847 as proof that the riot took place on June 2, 1847.<\/p>\n (2) Further proof of the incorrect date in the Dickinson Chronicles is that the quote that d\u2019Entremont uses from the Carlisle Herald<\/em> is from\u00a0June 9, 1847 which is obviously before the date in the chronicles, which is June 30, 1847.<\/p>\n (3) George R. Crooks, Life and Letters of Rev. John McClintock<\/em> (New York, 1876), 143-81; Earl E Sperry, The Jerry Resuce<\/em> (Syracuse, 1924, 21-29; May, Recollections<\/em>, 379-81.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After using the Dickinson Chronicles as a starting point, I searched Google Books for related materials that was either available online or in our own library.\u00a0 I began with general searches like \u201c1847 Carlisle Slave Riots\u201d, \u201cCarlisle Slavery\u201d, \u201cUnderground Railroad, … Continue reading