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FALL CLASSES START SEPTEMBER 2 — Registration & drop/add available through September 15

Dutch Privateering And Colonization Of Delaware (G498)

G – History

Lewes (Trinity Faith Education Building) | September 8, 2025-October 6, 2025

Monday: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

This is a hybrid course. One section meets on site at the location listed; and one section meets online only.

Privateering of Spanish gold drove the Dutch to colonize in the 1600s. Set in the context of religious reformation and the Eighty Years’ War with Spain, the Dutch West India Company was chartered in June 1621 explicitly to privateer. By June 1629, Delaware recorded its first land deed. This class populates this adventure with tales of heroes and knaves and uncovers the quirky history that made Delaware a state.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Katherine Henn

HENN, KATHERINE — Ph.D. (with distinction), M.Phil., Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University; M.A., College of St. Elizabeth; B.A., summa cum laude, Seton Hall University. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in medical ethics, history, philosophy and religion. (G498, G499, X247, X252)

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