Slavery
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PublishedJune 17, 2023
A Black man in Lewiston in 1912 describes life under slavery during his Virginia boyhood
In 'heart-rending scenes,' white slavers 'would sell their own children,' William Davis recalled.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2023
Maine’s seafaring history marred by long-ignored, disgraceful chapter
There’s new attention to Maine’s role in the slave trade of the 1800s, and on Friday a national expert will discuss how a Portland ship captain became one of the most notorious participants.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2018
How did we lose a president's daughter?
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PublishedMarch 9, 2017
To Ben Carson: Slaves were not immigrants
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2016
Black History lesson: Africans were free, then enslaved
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PublishedNovember 22, 2013
U.K. police: 3 women held captive for 30 years
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PublishedOctober 17, 2013
Leonard Pitts: Carson statement a cheap, rhetorical stunt
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PublishedAugust 15, 2013
Maine gets mixed reviews in annual human trafficking report
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