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Delaware African American Griots

Delaware Counties

New Castle created in 1673 | Kent created in 1682 | Sussex created in 1682

Submit Vital Records

Petitions

January 1796 Petition (with signatures) to abolish slavery
1788 Delaware Society abolishment of slavery petition
Page 2 of 1788 Delaware Society Petition (includes signatures)

Slave Birth Records

Slave Manumissions

Syless Pritchett by Solomon Barwick 1786
Peter by Mary Broadway 1787
Eben, Isaac, & Simon by Edward Callahan 1783
Sophia by Clemment Clarke 1807

Stephen by Solomon Barwick 1792
Spencer & a girl called Rhodey by Sarah Brown 1780
Charles Carter by Henry Carter 1817
Sidney by Rich Chance 1790

African Americans in

Delaware History and the Underground Railroad

Thomas Garrett 1789 - 1871	Samuel Burris - African American - 1808 - 1869
Locations of Delaware Underground Railroad Sites	Black Women in Delaware History

A History of African Americans in Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore