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Events & Excursions Committee

Our Mission

To organize and support special events and excursions that further the mission of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.

7 Incredible Places Around Delaware That Were Once Part Of The Underground Railroad

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/delaware/underground-railroad-de/

  • Camden Friends Meetinghouse.
  • Appoquinimink Friends Meeting House, Odessa. 
  • Daniel Corbit’s Clearfield Farm, Smyrna. 
  • The Corbit-Sharp House, Odessa.
  • Woodburn. 
  • New Castle Courthouse.
  • Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES/POINTS OF INTEREST

John Dickinson plantation

https://www.dickinsonmansion.org/The-Slave-Holder

https://history.delaware.gov/jdp_main/plantation/

Baltimore – Reginal Lewis Museum; The Great Black Wax Museum https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-slave-cabin-dedication-20170421-story.html

Washington D.C.

Frederick Douglas home in Washington. D.C. https://www.nps.gov/frdo/planyourvisit/index.htm

Anacostia neighborhood near Frederick Douglas home: https://washington.org/visit-dc/things-see-do-anacostia

National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/

African American Civil War Museum: https://www.google.com/search?q=black%20history%20washington%20dc&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS806US806&oq=black+history+washintgon+dc&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l7.12531j0j

Alexandria – The Alexandria Black History Museum https://www.alexandriava.gov/BlackHistory#VirtualTour

Mount Vernon, Virginia  (George Washington’s Home) https://www.mountvernon.org/

Philadelphia PA:  https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/african-american-historic-sites-in-philadelphia/#tides-of-freedom-african-presence-on-the-delaware-river-at-the-independence-seaport-museum

 Tour of Delaware Archives

Mitchel Center for African American Heritage, Wilmington, DE –https://www.visitwilmingtonde.com/listing/mitchell-center-for-african-american-heritage/3795/:

https://dehistory.org/our-sites/8-home-page/visit-us/our-sites/181-center-for-african-american-heritage 

Join the Events and Excursions Committee

Contact Committee Chair, Joseph Lawson