Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In August of 1930, Ethel Benson was institutionalized into the Delaware Colony for the Feeble Minded and never returned home. She ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families working alongside enslaved ...

In late September 2021, I received an email about a woman named Ethel Benson. Ethel, her granddaughter wrote to me, was a young Black woman who was sent to Delaware Colony for the Feeble Minded, now ...

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- An archeological study years in the making has revealed a wealth of new information about some of Delaware’s earliest colonial settlers and shed new light on what life would have ...

If you’re planning a trip to Delaware, you won’t want to miss out on the state’s rich history. Delaware was one of the ...

In the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families working alongside enslaved Africans to farm the land and survive a rugged pioneer life. The recent ...

States like California, North Carolina and Virginia often take the focus due to the sheer number of procedures, even though Delaware’s rate of sterilization regularly outpaced them. Delaware has never ...