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.
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...
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
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.
16006|https://www.ugrrdelaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Railroad-Byway-Exhibition-Flyer.png|full Celebrate International Underground Railroad Month with a photographic journey of the Harriet Tubman Underground Byway. Held at the Delaware City Library, this exhibit features the work of award winning Delaware City photographer Lynn Dilliplane. Meet the photographer AND “shake hands” with some excellent books on the Underground Railroad! The exhibit is co-sponsored by the...
16096|https://www.ugrrdelaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/harriet-tubman-day-580x580.png|cmsmasters-project-thumb Tubman Talk on Harriet Tubman Day Sunday, March 10, 2024 2:00 pm St. Daniel's United Methodist Church 10 Stewart Street, Port Penn, Delaware 19731 Presented by Anthony Johnson from the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware. Join us for an enlightening presentation by Anthony Johnson from the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware and learn about...
