‘An Illegal Activity: The Underground Railroad in Delaware’ exhibit closed on Dec. 7, 2014
EXHIBIT CLOSED on Dec. 7, 2014.
‘Emeline Hawkins: Her Journey from Slavery to Freedom on the Underground Railroad’ exhibit closed on July 23, 2017
Exhibit closed on July 23, 2017
‘Stealing Freedom Along the Mason Dixon Line: The Story of Elkton Slave Catcher and Kidnapper Thomas McCreary’
Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware lecture to take place on Oct. 27, 2014.
‘The Path to Freedom: A History of the Underground Railroad in Delaware’ exhibit at the New Castle Court House Museum
Exhibit explores Delaware’s role in the clandestine network that transported American slaves to freedom including the true journey of the Hawkins family from bondage in Maryland, through Delaware, to freedom in Pennsylvania.
Black History of the First State: Samuel D. Burris
Samuel D. Burris was a free African American also a conductor of the Underground Railroad who only received pardon in the last decade for helping free enslaved people.
Delaware History Connections: Thomas Garrett and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By Kellie Mullarkey HCA Historic Sites Interpreter Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published on this week in 1852 (March 20th, to be exact). The best-selling novel opened readers’ eyes to the truths of slavery and fueled the abolitionist movement. Most of us are taught that much along the road in grade school, but […]
Free Black Communities of the 19th Century
On Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware will present “Free Black Communities of the 19th Century,” a dual lecture conducted by cultural-heritage consultant Janet L. Sheridan who will discuss Marshalltown which was established circa 1830 in Salem County, N.J., and Dr. Rebecca Sheppard, associate director of the Center […]
Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware proclaimed
Governor Jack Markell has issued a proclamation declaring March 10, 2014 as Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware in commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the death of the noted Underground Railroad conductor.
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Online Education Resources
Native American Projectile Point Classification Guide Outline of Delaware Prehistory Delaware Facts & History Activity Book Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania: To the inhabitants of the British Colonies The Underground Railroad – Flight to Freedom Emeline’s Story