Bishop Alfred Lee

Historical marker location:

612 N Church St, Wilmington, Delaware

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Church Street (U.S. 13) and East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Old Swedes Churchyard Walking Tour.

Delaware was one of the few slave states that remained in the Union during the American Civil War, and the District of Delaware was the site of several notable cases related to slavery and the Civil War. For example, in 1861, a group of slaves in Delaware attempted to escape to freedom on a ship called the Pearl, which was intercepted and brought back to Delaware. The case, which became known as the "Pearl Incident," was one of the earliest examples of a slave rebellion in the United States.