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Keywords: Slave owners

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 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

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Item 7372

Bill of lading for slave, 1719

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1719 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101827

"The Owners Ship Eagle in Account Current with Henry Skinner," 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper

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Item 48474

Reverend Thomas Smith's cane, Portland, 1750

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1750 Location: Portland Media: Wood, silver, brass, glass

Item 149

Lieut. General William Pepperrell, ca. 1740

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Location: Kittery Media: Photographic print

Item 108739

Pepperrell House, Kittery, ca. 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1774 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

Item 22513

William Pepperrell receipt for purchase of enslaved man, 1718

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1718-05-26 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9216

Letter to George Richardson from Fessenden & Deblois, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-07-26 Location: Portland; Rio de Janeiro Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102024

Letter from Thomas Hodges to Captain Henry Skinner, Portland, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73960

Petition for return of possessions, New Orleans, 1862

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

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Item 72037

Statement denying charge of returning slaves, New Orleans, 1862

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

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Item 60176

Receipt for Contraband Camp donation, Washington, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13281

William Pepperrell, Kittery, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1740 Media: Ink on paper

Item 102165

Thomas Jefferson contemplating the sale of frontier land, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102148

Carter Braxton seeking advice from his uncle, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-14 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102166

Francis Lightfoot Lee discussing independence in Congress, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-04-09 Location: Philadelphia; Warsaw Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99121

Merrill Slate Quarry workers, Brownville, ca. 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1868 Location: Brownville Media: Stereograph

Item 99122

Two quarry workers, Brownville, ca. 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1868 Location: Brownville Media: Stereograph