Quaker merchant Thomas Garret is thought to be the model for a Quaker farmer in the novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Garret and famed abolitionist Harriett Tubman worked closely with Delaware's anti-slavery forces.
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Delaware was named for Lord de la Warr. He was the first governor of Virginia.
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The town of Milton, Delaware was named after the English poet John Milton in 1807.