Keywords: Negroes
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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 66416
Negro Light, Curtis Island, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Camden Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 28939
Bowdoin group at Negro Island Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1891
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Negro Island Harbor Media: Paper, photograph
Item 75057
Gen. Banks on putting slaves to work, New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 76529
Request for Black workers, New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 100649
Israel Washburn to Elihu Washburne about Civil War policies, Augusta, 1862
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-07-12 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 17610
Philemon A. Bradford from Louisiana, 1864
Contributed by: An individual through Pejepscot History Center Date: 1864-02-24 Location: Franklin; Turner Media: Paper
Item 55494
John Sheahan on conditions in Maryland, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 75484
Capt. Joyce letter on Black troops, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans; Barrancas Media: Ink on paper
Item 16418
Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, 1975
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1975-04-04 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 22517
Receipt for slave, Kittery, 1738
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1738 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 16421
Thomas Henry Orcutt, Wood Island Lighthouse, ca. 1896, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1896 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 17462
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Camden Media: Postcard
Item 16414
Aerobeacon at Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1980 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 16416
Wood Island Lighthouse dwelling house and barn, Biddeford, ca. 1859
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1859 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 16489
Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Jeremy D'Entremont, American Lighthouse Foundation through Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1920 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 16422
Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford ca. 1890
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1890 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 6355
Bill of sale for slave Scippio, 1759
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1759-12-07 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 9270
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1724 Location: Kittery; Berwick 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
Item 25222
J.M. Brown Civil War letter, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Folly Island; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 7372
Bill of lading for slave, 1719
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1719 Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 48474
Reverend Thomas Smith's cane, Portland, 1750
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1750 Location: Portland Media: Wood, silver, brass, glass
Item 105920
Redline map of Portland and South Portland, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-11-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
