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Site honored for place in anti-slavery efforts
by Outspoken on Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:24 am
Site honored for place in anti-slavery efforts
The Abyssinian Meeting House joins the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
By KELLEY BOUCHARD
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
In the heart of one of Portland's oldest neighborhoods, boarded up and battered by years of neglect, the Abyssinian Meeting House is easy to ignore.
On Friday, the Abyssinian was in the spotlight when a National Park Service official came here to recognize the historic, timber- frame building as the first official site in Maine to be listed in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Built in 1828, the Abyssinian is the nation's third-oldest church building established by a black congregation, after churches in Boston and Nantucket.
The Abyssinian was one of the northernmost stops on the Underground Railroad, and its leaders, members and supporters in the community actively participated in concealing, supplying and transporting runaway slaves.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=143401&ac=PHnws
Jack Milton/Staff Photographer
The Abyssinian Meeting House joins the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
By KELLEY BOUCHARD
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
In the heart of one of Portland's oldest neighborhoods, boarded up and battered by years of neglect, the Abyssinian Meeting House is easy to ignore.
On Friday, the Abyssinian was in the spotlight when a National Park Service official came here to recognize the historic, timber- frame building as the first official site in Maine to be listed in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Built in 1828, the Abyssinian is the nation's third-oldest church building established by a black congregation, after churches in Boston and Nantucket.
The Abyssinian was one of the northernmost stops on the Underground Railroad, and its leaders, members and supporters in the community actively participated in concealing, supplying and transporting runaway slaves.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=143401&ac=PHnws
Jack Milton/Staff Photographer
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