| A House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638-1865 Contributor(s): Essah, Patience (Author) |
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ISBN: 081393866X ISBN-13: 9780813938660 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 975.100 |
| Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.78 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |