North Murderkill Hundred in Camden in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Brinkley Hill

Photographed by Pete Skillman, October 14, 2025

1. Brinkley Hill Marker

Inscription. Brinkley Hill was a free black community that acted as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Brothers William and Nathaniel Brinkley aided Harriet Tubman on numerous occasions, including her documented "Tilly Escape." William guided many runaways north to freedom conveying six of the famed "Dover Eight" and the rescue of 28 enslaved people past the then dangerous towns of Dover and Smyrna. Following the passage of the 13th Amendment, the Brinkleys worked with the Delaware Association for the Moral Improvement and Education of Colored People to secure funding to erect a new schoolhouse in 1867. William was also a founder of Zion AME Church, which still stands today.

Erected 2025 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number KC-133.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and the Delaware Public Archives series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.

Location. 39° 7.04′ N, 75° 32.313′ W.

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Marker is in Camden, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in North Murderkill Hundred. It is on Old Camden Road (Alternate U.S. 13), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 239 Old Camden Rd, Camden Wyoming DE 19934, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Caesar Rodney (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Operation Silent Witness (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camden (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Camden (approx. 0.3 miles away); Morning Star Institutional Church of God in Christ, Inc. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Brecknock (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gov. George Truitt Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); Camden Friends Meeting

Brinkley Hill Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, October 14, 2025

2. Brinkley Hill Marker - wide view

(approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 69 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 14, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.