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Delaware's Jewish Community

DELAWARE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the...

DELAWARE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • jewish
  • 1650s
  • 1870s
  • 1880
  • 1885
  • 2004

Freedom Lost

FREEDOM LOST By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware and there was a dramatic growth in the state's free black population. Demand for slave labor in the Deep South...

FREEDOM LOST By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware and there was a dramatic growth in the state's free black population. Demand for slave labor in the Deep South...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • 1700s
  • 2004