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A House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638-1865

A House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638-1865

Paperback

Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute

Black American StudiesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 081393866X
ISBN13: 9780813938660
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Feb 28 2016
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Delaware stood outside the primary streams of New World emancipation. Despite slavery's virtual demise in that state during the antebellum years and Delaware's staunch Unionism during the Civil War itself, the state failed to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibits slavery, until 1901. Patience Essah here examines the introduction, evolution, demise, and final abolition of slavery in Delaware. In deomnstrating the persistence of slavery in Delaware, she raises important questions about postslavery race relations.

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