Keywords: Slave owners
Item 101784
Thomas Reed to Thomas Robison regarding the Caribbean economy and slave market, Sint Eustatius, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper
Item 7372
Bill of lading for slave, 1719
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1719 Media: Ink on paper
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Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist
Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"This was possibly used to help run-away slaves hide and escape from those trying to capture them so they could then make their way to Canada."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thus balancing the number of free and slave states in the nation."
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An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
