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MEMBERS OF the Anglican, Moravian and Baptist churches were owners of enslaved Africans who were subjected to their every whim and fancy. They believed nothing was wrong with chattel slavery, and even used scriptures to support it. Not only were...
Samuel Sharpe, an enslaved man, lived on Croydon Estate in St James, but frequented Montego Bay. He got his owner’s full name, and was treated well by his owner and his family. Yet, in his book, ‘Death Struggles of Slavery’, Methodist Reverend...
Lewes Historical Society will present a virtual talk by Marcos Salaverria titled Run-Away Slaves and the Underground Railroad in Southern Delaware 1850-1860 at 7 p.m., Friday, June 11, at historiclewes.org . Salaverria, LHS director of education,...