• Wilmington 7 Smyrna 6 Dover 5 Milford 4 Poplar Neck 3 East New Market 2 Bucktown 1    The Dover Eight refers to a group of eight black people who escaped...
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    The White Cliffs of Dover are the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of 350 feet...
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    anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe following the Dover Eight incident. He received a ten-year sentence, and was pardoned by the Governor...
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    Dover Motor Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway and later Dover International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware. The track...
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    William Penn for Dover in Kent, England (for which Kent County is named). As of 2020, its population was 39,403. The city is named after Dover, Kent, in England...
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  • the Dover jail, which could have resulted in payment of $3,000 (equivalent to $98,100 in 2023) to Otwell and his conspirators. Six of the Dover Eight returned...
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    82 km2) in 1764 and laid out the town of Dover. It was known generally as Joner's Town until 1815, when a Dover post office was established. During the...
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  • Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in...
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    Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key...
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    agents, William and Nat Brinkley and Abraham Gibbs, guided her north past Dover, Smyrna, and Blackbird, where other agents would take her across the Chesapeake...
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