Keywords: Portland (Me.)Abyssinian Church (Me.)
Item 6277
Abyssinian Church, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Pencil on paper
Item 9245
Creation of the Abyssinian Congregational Church, Portland, 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835-07-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.