John Dickinson Plantation

The center should be running by early 2026.

We don’t know how many enslaved people Founding Father John Dickinson and his family owned. But historians say, in Dickinson’s era, they were not meant to be remembered.That’s changing after the discovery of an African burial ground at the Dickinson Plantation near Dover.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports guided tours of the site allow visitors to reflect on the lives of those who lived and died there.

We don’t know how many enslaved people Founding Father John Dickinson and his family owned. But historians say, in Dickinson’s era, they were not meant to be remembered.That’s changing after the discovery of an African burial ground at the Dickinson Plantation near Dover.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports guided tours of the site allow visitors to reflect on the lives of those who lived and died there.

Archaeological fieldwork unearths what is believed to be a burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover.The burial ground found on the…

Changes are coming to the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover as it starts implementing its master plan. Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural…