BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware BEGIN:VEVENT UID:258602025-01-11 DTSTART:20250111T180000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250111T190000Z SUMMARY:Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a pro gram\nabout Delaware Governor William H.H. Ross presented by Claudia Furni sh\nLeister on Saturday\, January 11\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public\nLi brary in Milford\, Delaware. In this program\, former Milford Museum\nDire ctor Leister will preview her soon to be published book about\nGovernor Wi lliam H.H. Ross. As an antebellum Governor of Delaware\,\nRoss was a slave owner in the Seaford area\, as were his father and\ngrandfather. Ross bec ame a very controversial figure during the Civil\nWar due to his Confedera te sympathies. Equally as important were the\ndecisions made and the actio ns taken by Ross as a Delaware planter\nwithin the context of the impact o f slavery\, the declining soil\nfertility\, the changing commodity markets \, and the advent of the\nrailroad.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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

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