Caesar Rodney and Enslavement Research Project released

$40,000 Wilmington Study Documents Caesar Rodney’s Slaveholding, Challenges Competing Historical Claims – Town Square Delaware LIVE

Photo: Caesar Rodney Statue once in Rodney Square. The new report expands Delaware history without requiring the erasure of Rodney’s role in the American founding. Report identifies 26 people directly enslaved by Delaware founder but does not settle debate over his statue or legacy By George Rotsch, Editor, Delaware LIVE WILMINGTON — A taxpayer-supported study commissioned by the City of Wilmington has documented at least 26 men, women and child…

Caesar Rodney and Enslavement Research Project released

Earlier this month, as the nation celebrated its 250th anniversary, in a moment of serendipity that was not planned, the City of Wilmington released the Caesar Rodney and Enslavement Research Project, which was commissioned in the years following the removal…