Ebright Road in New Castle County, Delaware is the highest state elevation at 442 feet above sea level. The lowest elevation is along the coast at sea level.
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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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John Dickinson was called the Penman of the Revolution for his writings on independence. His boyhood home is preserved in Dover, Delaware.