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

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

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

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

by Patience Essah

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813938660
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication date: 02/28/2016
Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series
Pages: 236
Sales rank: 720,332
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Patience Essah is Associate Professor of History at Auburn University.

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