Delaware's Underground Railroad

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Delaware's Underground Railroad Sites
Name	Location	Dates	Significance	National Register	Tours Available
Thomas Garrett House	4th & Shipley, Wilmington (not standing)	?	Major URR Site; Garrett assisted Tubman in aiding runaways to escape.	No	No
Woodburn Governor's House	151 Kings Highway, Dover	Built ca. 1790	Probable Site. House contained tunnels that were used to aid escaped slaves.	Yes	Yes
Lockerman House	Delaware State University, Dover	Built 1742	Site associated with URR activity	No	No
Cooper House	15 N. Main Street, Camden	Built 1782	Runaway Slaves were hidden in a room above the kitchen	No	No
Longwood Farm	Near, Camden	Built 1833	Runaway Slaves were hidden in barn	No	No
Wildcat Manor	Near, Lebanon	Built ca. 1720s	Slaves allowed refuges and transportation provided by boat	No	No
Appoquinimink Friends Meeting House	Main Street, Odessa	Built 1785	Slaves allowed refuge and shelter	No	Yes
John Hunn House	Middletown	?	Probable Site. Hunn was the most active figure in URR movement south of Wilmington.	No	No
Star Hill AME Church	Star Hill, near Dover	Built 1863	Possible Stop	No	Yes
Old Town Hall	512 Market St., Wilmington	Built 1798	Used for abolitionist meetings.	Yes	Yes
Peter Lowbar House	Frederica	Built 1750	Linked to URR in smuggling runaway slaves.	No	No
Peter Spencer Plaza	800 North French Wilmington	.	Memorial & Burial Site of Rev. Peter Spencer (escaped from slavery in MD; founder of first African American Church in Wilmington) Church was haven for runaway slaves.	No	No
Wilmington Friends Meeting House/Cem.	4th & West Streets Wilmington	?	Thomas Garrett, Stationmaster of the URR, attended meeting house & is interred here.	Yes	No
Camden Friends Meeting House/Cem.	Camden	1805	John Hunn, Chief Engineer of Southern Delaware interred here.	No	No
Corbit-Sharp House	Main Street, Odessa	Built 1774	Probable Site. Slaves hidden in cabinets on the third floor.	Yes	Yes
Daniel Corbit's Clearfield Farm	Smyrna	1755	URR Station	No	No
Slave Dwelling	Seaford	?	Only extant slave dwelling in Delaware. On estate of Gov. William H. Ross (1851-1855)	No	No
Link of Triangle trade route	Smyrna	?	Sugar, molasses and slave trade route.	No	No
Brick Store Landing - Brick Store	Northern Bank of Duck Creek	?	Oral tradition holds that landing was depot for kidnapped free negroes being sold south.	No	No

Last update: 6/16/99