CONSIGNOR, contracts. One who makes a consignment to another. 2. When goods are consigned to be sold on commission, and the property remains in the consignor; or when goods have been consigned upon a credit, and the consignee has become a bankrupt or failed, the consignor has a right to stop them in transitu. (q.v.) Abbot on Sh. p. 3, c. 3.
Only in December 1865, when the 13th Amendment went into effect on a national scale, did slavery cease in Delaware. By then there were only a few hundred left. Many male slaves had enlisted in black regiments during the war.
Slavery (17th and 18th Century) Slavery began in the United States in the early 17th century and continued through the 18th century. The first Africans (about 20 people) were brought to the North American Colony of Jamestown by a Dutch ship in August of 1619 (History Channel).