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“The Rocks” by Debra Martin
February 4, 2023 @ 11:00 am EST
In the 1850s, Wilmington, Delaware’s fully-developed Underground Railroad network included Black and white agents, merchant schooner captains traveling between Virginia and DE, and citizens who kept a watchful eye on the streets. The Rocks—also known as Swedes Landing and Fort Christina Park on East 7th Street peninsula—was one place where significant and risky encounters took place between agent Captain James Fountain and Black agent/conductors including Harry A. Craigg, Jr. “Stationmasters” Thomas Garrett (Wilmington) and William Still (Philadelphia) documented these interactions in letters and journals, some of which have been preserved.
Event Contact: www.oldswedes.org | 302-652-5629
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About The Presenter
Debra Campagnari Martin is the Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Wilmington and has been associated with the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware since 2007. Her other public history projects have included the development of history-themed walking & bicycling tours; Delaware Public Archives markers; virtual web-based tours on Civil Rights, the Wilmington Underground Railroad, and Woman Suffrage; several National Register nominations and work on publications, exhibits and conferences. She is a past board member of Old Swedes, and resides in Delaware City where she and her family try to keep up with the needs of the ca. 1850 Barnes-Cleaver House.
Presenter contact:
Debra Martin; dmartin@wilmingtonde.gov
302-576-3107 | 302-345-5923 (mobile)