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


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 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 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 7484

Maine Anti-Slavery Society request, 1836

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland 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 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 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 10231

Letter from Edmund Quincy to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 25, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-25 Location: Portland; Quincy Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10086

Portland Anti-Slavery Society Letterbook, 1850-51

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; 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 10081

Letter to Elizabeth Mounfort from a friend in Trinidad, Cuba, July 4, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-07-04 Location: Trinidad; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7483

Invitation to American Anti-Slavery Society anniversary, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-03 Location: Boston; Portland 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 29372

Pavilion Congregational Church, Biddeford, ca. 1875

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

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 16563

Title page from First Edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852

Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1852 Media: Paper

Item 10241

Letter from Samuel J. May to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 4, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Leicester; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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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 10093

Letter from Charles Sumner to Elizabeth Mountfort, July 10, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-07-10 Location: Portland; Boston 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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Item 1121

Slave ship evading the Royal Navy, 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1877 Location: Portland Media: Oil painting

Item 10239

Letter from Samuel J. May to Elizabeth Mountfort, Dec. 12, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-12 Location: Leicester; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10242

Letter from Abby K. Foster to Elizabeth Mountfort, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Location: Portland 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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