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LC Subject Heading: Slavery

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 29372

Pavilion Congregational Church, Biddeford, ca. 1875

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Biddeford Media: Stereograph

Item 74541

Warning to Gen. Shepley on slaves, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-15 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76624

Request to send Freedmen's teachers to Richmond, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Boston; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97578

Pvt. John Sheahan on hatred of slavery, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100358

William "Napoleon" Thomas, Rumford Center, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Item 101075

Slave whip, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 6210

Rosemary cottage from the air, Eliot, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1885 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 6434

Frederick Douglass, Old Orchard Beach, 1877

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1877 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Albumen print

Item 7486

Slave receipt, 1803

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-06 Location: Syracuse Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10087

Letter from Hiram Wilson to Elizabeth Mountfort, Aug. 29, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-08-29 Location: Portland; Detroit Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10088

Hiram Wilson letter to Elizabeth Mountfort, Nov. 29, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-11-29 Location: Portland; Dawn Mills Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10089

Letter from Hiram Wilson to Elizabeth Mountfort, March 8, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-03-08 Location: Portland; Dawn Mills Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10090

Letter from Wendell Phillips to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 19, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10091

Letter from C.C. Burleigh to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 25, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-25 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10092

Letter from C.C. Burleigh to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 28, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-28 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10223

Letter from C. Lenox Remond to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 30, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-05-30 Location: Portland; Salem Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10224

Letter from Samuel J. May to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 10, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-05-10 Location: Portland; Syracuse; Portland; Syracuse Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10226

Letter from Wendell Phillips to Elizabeth Mountfort, April 19, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-04-19 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10227

Letter from Charles Lenox Remond to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 18, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-18 Location: Portland; Watertown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10228

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 19, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-19 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10229

Letter from Theodore Parker to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 20, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-20 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10230

Letter from Adin Ballou to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 29, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-29 Location: Portland; Milford; Portland; Milford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10235

Letter from Thomas T. Stone to Elizabeth Mountfort, Oct. 5, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-10-05 Location: Portland; Salem Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10236

Note from Horace Mann to Elizabeth Mountfort, Feb. 3, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-02-03 Location: West Newton; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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