Changing the view of history
How the work of the division’s Race and Equity Committee informs the practice of history.
Division-sponsored programs in October 2021
18th century trades, true crime in song and walking tours of a historic cemetery among programs/topics to be explored.
Never to be forgotten or lost again
John Dickinson Plantation burial ground for enslaved men, women and children, and for free African Americans who died on the site, to be preserved and interpreted.
Diversity in Delaware History Webinar Series
Series provides a historical context to understand the complex and often difficult role that race has played in the history of the United States and the state of Delaware.
Dickinson/Zwaanendael museums add Tuesday hours
Both museums now open Tuesday through Saturday.
‘A Mere Mock Freedom: Free and Enslaved Black Life in Delaware 1790–1840’
Video explores anti-slavery activity in Delaware in the late-18th century and the subsequent passage of repressive legislation targeting free Blacks in the 19th century.
Statement about unauthorized media images of the John Dickinson Plantation burial ground
Dignity of those interred must be respected.
Burial ground found at John Dickinson Plantation
Site likely holds the enslaved individuals and other African Americans who lived, worked, and died on land owned by the Dickinson family.
John Dickinson Plantation named a member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience
A Site of Conscience is a place of memory that confronts both the history of what happened there and its contemporary legacies.
