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/
Tour of Delaware Archives
Mitchel Center for African American Heritage, Wilmington, DE –https://www.visitwilmingtonde.com/listing/mitchell-center-for-african-american-heritage/3795/:
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Contact Committee Chair, Joseph Lawson
