Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885
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The Rev. Austin Willey (1806-1896) was editor of the Maine Anti-Slavery Society newspaper Advocate of Freedom from 1839-1841, the Liberty Standard from 1842-1845, and the Portland Inquirer from 1851-1854.
He later wrote The History of the Anti-Slavery Cause in the State and Nation (1886). The image is the frontispiece of that book.
Other Information
- Title: Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885
- Creator: B. Thurston publishers
- Creation Date: circa 1885
- Subject Date: circa 1885
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: 326.4 W669; QJ 326.4 W669
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
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LC Subject Headings
Clergy--Maine
United States--Antislavery movements--History
Maine--Politics and government
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865
Willey, Austin, 1806-1896--Portrait photographs
Antislavery movements--United States
Editors--Maine
Authors--Maine
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