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Keywords: Abolition

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 36594

White Church, Biddeford, ca. 1894

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1894 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 7346

Maine Anti-Slavery Society report, 1836

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836-10-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13308

Henry Hinsdale letter on Indians, abolition, New York, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841-11-02 Location: North Fairfield; Paris Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99276

Lucretia Sewall to husband about dental issues, abolition, Portland, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102204

Mark L. Hill to William King, Washington, D.C., February 4, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820-02-04 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12578

Anti-Slavery Society of Waterville College petition, 1833

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: 1833-09-23 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15254

Henry Sewall letter to son concerning slavery, 1821

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1821 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16513

Harriet Beecher Stowe house, Brunswick, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1930 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 102842

Remarks on board the Julia E. Arey, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-11-05 Location: Thomaston; Jefferson Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10233

Parker Pillsbury letter to Elizabeth Mountfort, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-08-05 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11864

Samuel Fessenden, Portland, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 10222

Minutes, Portland Anti-Slavery Society, 1844-1846, 1850-1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1844 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102253

Republican Convention poem, Whitneyville, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-05-25 Location: Whitneyville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7345

Letter from Ambrose Crane about stolen slave, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Augusta; Hallowell; St. Marks Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6434

Frederick Douglass, Old Orchard Beach, 1877

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

Item 27790

John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1861-03-22 Location: Thomaston; Owens Ferry Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99391

Somers Sewall letter to mother, Boston, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-06-20 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 88023

Mansion House, Robbinston, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Robbinston Media: Glass Negative

Item 7485

Maine Anti-Slavery Society constitution, ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10082

Letter from Betsey to Elizabeth Mountfort, June 4, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849-06-04 Location: Portland; Boston; Portland; Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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