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Radical Mainers: Abolitionist & Colonizationist Square Off for the the Great Portland Colonization Debate of 1833Radical Mainers:

by Andy O’Brien General Samuel Fessenden became radicalized after meeting the great abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison in the fall of 1832, in Portland. Garrison’s compelling words stoked an intense passion in the militia commander’s heart. He was more determined than… Read More »Radical Mainers: Abolitionist & Colonizationist Square Off for the the Great Portland Colonization Debate of 1833Radical Mainers:

Radical Mainers: The letter that Launched the Racial Justice Movement in MaineRadical Mainers:

by Andy O’Brien In Sept. 19, 1826, an extraordinary letter signed by six African American men appeared in Portland’s Eastern Argus newspaper. It was very unusual for local papers to print the opinions of Black Mainers, but what made this… Read More »Radical Mainers: The letter that Launched the Racial Justice Movement in MaineRadical Mainers:

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