Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware

The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a program about Delaware Governor William H.H. Ross presented by Claudia Furnish Leister on Saturday, January 11, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library in Milford, Delaware. In this program, former Milford Museum Director Leister will preview her soon to be published book about Governor William H.H. Ross. As an antebellum Governor of Delaware, Ross was a slave owner in the Seaford area, as were his father and grandfather. Ross became a very controversial figure during the Civil War due to his Confederate sympathies. Equally as important were the decisions made and the actions taken by Ross as a Delaware planter within the context of the impact of slavery, the declining soil fertility, the changing commodity markets, and the advent of the railroad.