History of slavery in Delaware
[1] The Delaware River was an important waterway used for bringing slaves inland to Pennsylvania.[5] A state with a mix of enslaved people and free people of color that lay in close proximity to the slave jails of traders in Baltimore and Washington, legally free blacks were sometimes kidnapped into slavery, and "freedmen found it wise to deposit apprentice and freedom papers with the Pennsylvania Abolition Society in Philadelphia.[6] The state also hosted stations of the Underground Railroad such as the Appoquinimink Friends Meetings House.[7] Thomas Garrett of Wilmington, Delaware, a businessman of the Quaker faith, reportedly assisted in the escapes of between 2,000 and 3,000 slaves.[5] This article relating to the history of the United States is a stub.
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