People of color have been an integral part of the Dover community for more than 300 years, but for much of that history were treated as second-class citizens, at best...and often worse. Although their lives were tightly woven into the fabric of Dover and helped shape the city, their experiences have not been celebrated as...
15308|https://www.ugrrdelaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image1-31.png|full 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...
Black History Month program about the site that is believed to be the final resting place for enslaved and free Black men, women and children who died on the John Dickinson Plantation.
Gloria Henry & Vertie Lee from the Delaware Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs share the stories of the people who lived, labored and died at the site of the John Dickinson Plantation. The discovery and interpretation of the African burial ground ensures the recognition of African Americans and their contributions and connections to the...
Lead Historic Site Interpreter at the New Castle Court House Museum, Juliette Wurm will explore the bias and racism written in the laws of Delaware from the American Revolution to Reconstruction to explore the inequities written into these laws and how they were enforced
The Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware will present an exciting program of current projects, including a new video, The Tilly Escape, about the most daring rescue mission of Harriet Tubman (Seaford), and the search for the African Burial Ground at the John Dickinson Plantation (Dover). Presented by Debra Martin, Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware; Jim...
People of color have been an integral part of the Dover community for more than 300 years, but for much of that history were treated as second-class citizens, at best...and often worse. Although their lives were tightly woven into the fabric of Dover and helped shape the city, their experiences have not been celebrated as...
At the end of the Civil War, great change seemed promised with the first federal civil rights acts and amendments. Why instead did we descend into segregation? The program will explore the constitutional amendments, the first federal civil rights acts, Delaware’s political climate and reactions to federal legislation and end at the Plessy decision.
People of color have been an integral part of the Dover community for more than 300 years, but for much of that history were treated as second-class citizens, at best...and often worse. Although their lives were tightly woven into the fabric of Dover and helped shape the city, their experiences have not been celebrated as...
