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History Matters: Document offers glimpse of slavery in First State

While going through some old documents, the staff at the Delaware State Archives came upon an intriguing discovery. They found what they believe is a tax record projecting the amount of money Sussex County would lose once all the slaves there were freed. Archivists estimate that the four sheets of old parchment date back to 1866. In this month’s History Matters, produced in conjunction with the Delaware Historical Society and Delaware State Archives, Delaware Public Media’s Anne Hoffman examines how such a small piece of physical history speaks volumes about a complicated time in Delaware’s History.