Question

What was the christiana riot

Answer 1

one example of a group of free blacks who mobilized to protect fugitive slaves. This is the correct answer.

Answer 2

This riot happened in Christiana, Pennsylvania where a group of African Americans and abolitionists started to had a skirmish. The abolitionists were planning to capture the four fugitive slaves in the town which is why this riot started. It also happened one year after the second fugitive law was passed.