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X-WR-CALNAME:Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware
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LOCATION:11 South East Front Street\nMilford Delaware 19963
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 nMilford Delaware 19963;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=11 South East Front Stre
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SUMMARY:Governor William H.H. Ross of Delaware
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DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a spe
 cial\nprogram about Governor William H.H. Ross presented by Claudia Furnis
 h\nLeister on Saturday\, May 31\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library\
 nin Milford\, Delaware. Postponed from earlier this year due to weather\,\
 nthis program features former Milford Museum Director Leister who will\npr
 eview her soon to be published book about Governor William H.H. Ross\nof D
 elaware. As an antebellum Governor of Delaware\, Ross was a slave\nowner i
 n the Seaford area\, as were his father and grandfather. Ross\nbecame a ve
 ry controversial figure during the Civil War due to his\nConfederate sympa
 thies. Equally as important were the decisions made\nand the actions taken
  by Ross as a Delaware planter within the context\nof the impact of slaver
 y\, the declining soil fertility\, the changing\ncommodity markets\, and t
 he advent of the railroad.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Milford Museum American History Series 
 continues with a special program about Governor William H.H. Ross presente
 d by Claudia Furnish Leister on Saturday\, May 31\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milfo
 rd Public Library in Milford\, Delaware. Postponed from earlier this year 
 due to weather\, this program features former Milford Museum Director Leis
 ter 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 Confed
 erate sympathies. Equally as important were the decisions made and the act
 ions 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.</p>
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