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Keywords: Abolition
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Item 36594
Title: White Church, Biddeford, ca. 1894
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: circa 1894
Location: Biddeford
Media: photographic print
Item 13308
Title: 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
Item 12578
Title: 1833 Anti-Slavery Society of Waterville College petition
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections
Date: 1833-09-23
Location: Waterville
Media: ink on paper
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Mainers, like residents of other states, had differing views about slavery and abolition in the early to mid decades of the 19th century. Religion and economic factors were among the considerations in determining people's leanings.
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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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Maine's black population has never been large, but blacks have lived and worked in communities large and small throughout the state since early colonial days.