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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