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Slavery, Scholarships, and the Survival of Delaware College

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How did enslavers prevent the school’s proposed dissolution?

By: Ryan Bachman | Posted: 3-26-2024… Continue Reading Slavery, Scholarships, and the Survival of Delaware College

To be Young, Black, and Manumitted: The Case of the Chase Family in Delaware

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What did freedom look like for the Chase family?

By: Ruth Decosse
Posted: 7-7-2022
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“Neither Free Nor Slave”: The Bondage of Free Blacks in the Lewis Family Household

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How did a wealthy Newark family secure and exploit Black laborers?

By: Maureen Iplenski
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Enslavement, Exploitation, and Upholding Unfreedom

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What were Rathmell Wilson’s connections to slavery and oppression in antebellum Delaware?

By: Collin Willard
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“Sights and Sites of Memory”

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Mapping Black existence in White Clay Creek Hundred

By: Britney Henry
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Free Black Petitioning in Antebellum Delaware

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How did free Blacks use legislative petitions to protest racial oppression in antebellum Delaware?

By: Krishanna Prince
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Students, Delaware College, and the Exploited Labor of Black People

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How did Delaware College benefit from the exploitation of Black labor in student family households?

By: Tara Lennon
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The Antebellum Foundations of New London Road’s Free Black Community

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How can land ownership be a form of political resistance?

By Anisha Gupta
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Slavery, Race, and Systemic Inequality at Delaware College, 1850-1859

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A Map from “Newark & White Clay Creek Hundred,” Map 25, D. G. Beers, Fred Bourquin, and Worley & Bracher, Atlas Of The State Of Delaware From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of D.G. Beers. Published by Pomeroy & Beers, 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 1868. Entered ... 1867 by Pomeroy & Beers ... Pennsylvania. Engraved by Worley & Bracher, 320 Chestnut St. Phila. Printed by Fred. Bourquin, 320 Chestnut St. Phila (Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868), https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10448626.

How did the political setting of Delaware influence student discourse on the institution of slavery?

By: Margaret W. Hughes
Posted 7-7-2022… Continue Reading Slavery, Race, and Systemic Inequality at Delaware College, 1850-1859

Scholar in the Library Presentation HIST – 460/660 (Fall 2021)

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Scholar in the Library “Delaware College and Newark in the Era of Slavery, Indentured Labor, and Abolition” December 7, 2021 Using materials from Special Collections and University Archives, students in the Fall 2021 seminar “Race and Inequality in Delaware” investigated the history of the University of Delaware in the age of enslavement and emancipation. Join…… Continue Reading Scholar in the Library Presentation HIST – 460/660 (Fall 2021)…