Synopses & Reviews
Delaware stood outside the primary streams of New Worldemancipation. Despite slavery's virtual demise in that state during the antebellumyears and Deleware's staunch Unionism during the Civil War itself, the state failedto ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibits slavery, until1901.
Patience Essah takes the reader of A HouseDivided through the introduction, evolution, demise, and final abolition of slaveryin Deleware. In showing the persistance of slavery in Delaware, she raises questionsabout postslavery race relations. Her analysis is vital to an understanding of theAfrican-American experience.