DE SR12

Requests the President of the United States issue a posthumous pardon to John Hunn, a Quaker abolitionist and Underground Railroad operator in Delaware who was born June 25, 1818 and died in 1894.

Hunn was convicted in 1849 alongside Thomas Garrett for aiding runaway slaves and violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793; Chief Justice Roger Taney imposed fines of $500 per person harbored, resulting in the loss of Hunn's land and possessions at a sheriff's sale in 1848.

Hunn is credited as the architect of Delaware's Underground Railroad and helped the Hawkins family escape to freedom in 1845 by providing food and clothing.

Encourages Kent County to continue preserving Hunn Nature Park (a 173-acre portion of Hunn's former land opened to the public in 2016) and invest in education and recognition of Hunn's historical contributions through the property.