DE SCR57

Expresses Delaware's support for House Resolution 180, which recognizes Thomas Garrett as a national abolitionist leader and activist in the struggle against slavery in the United States.

Acknowledges Garrett's establishment of an Underground Railroad station at 227 Shipley Street in Wilmington, Delaware, and his assistance in helping over 2,400 enslaved people escape to freedom.

Recognizes Garrett's 1848 conviction by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney for violating the Fugitive Slave Act after helping a family escape, resulting in a fine of $5,400 (later reduced to $1,500).

Notes Garrett's collaboration with Harriet Tubman in rescuing her parents and his participation in a 10-person abolitionist delegation that met with President Abraham Lincoln on June 20, 1862, to urge the Emancipation Proclamation.

Affirms that Garrett's life and contributions to the Underground Railroad and abolition of slavery constitute exemplary deeds of service deserving national recognition.