The Lower Counties of Pennsylvania, present day Delaware, declared separation from England on June 15, 1776.
This is known as Separation Day in DE.
The Lower Counties were New Castle, Kent and Sussex, which make up he three counties of present day DE.
This was two weeks before the Declaration was signed in nearby Philadelphia on July 2, 1776.
Revolution was in the wind.
DE was also the first state to ratify the Constitution (Dec. 7,1787), and the last to abolish slavery (Dec. 1865)
This is known as Separation Day in DE.
The Lower Counties were New Castle, Kent and Sussex, which make up he three counties of present day DE.
This was two weeks before the Declaration was signed in nearby Philadelphia on July 2, 1776.
Revolution was in the wind.
DE was also the first state to ratify the Constitution (Dec. 7,1787), and the last to abolish slavery (Dec. 1865)
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As a slave-state in 1860, Delaware had the lowest percent of slaves (2% = fewer than 2,000 slaves) and slave-holding families (3% = fewer than 600) of any Southern state.
Delaware was the first Southern state to reject secession (January 3, 1861) and while it did provide companies (hundreds) to Confederate units, it sent regiments (about 12,000 troops) to support the Union cause.
Delaware's state government never officially abolished slavery, however most slave-holders voluntarily freed their slaves.
Delaware rejected the 13th Amendment on February 18, 1865, only symbolically ratifying it 36 years later, on February 12, 1901.
Slavery officially ended in Delaware, along with every other state, when the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865.