Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware

The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a special program about Governor William H.H. Ross presented by Claudia Furnish Leister on Saturday, May 31, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library in Milford, Delaware. Postponed from earlier this year due to weather, this program features former Milford Museum Director Leister who will preview her soon to be published book about Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware. 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.