Description
Delaware stood outdoor the principle streams of New World emancipation. In spite of slavery’s virtual demise in that state right through the antebellum years and Delaware’s staunch Unionism right through the Civil War itself, the state didn’t ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibits slavery, till 1901. Patience Essah here examines the introduction, evolution, demise, and ultimate abolition of slavery in Delaware. In deomnstrating the persistence of slavery in Delaware, she raises vital questions on postslavery race family members.