Hosted by Maine Conservation Voters
Friday, January 15, 12:00 -1:00 p.m.
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Rural African American communities are an important, yet understudied, part of Maine’s history and path to statehood. Peterborough, in the town of Warren, was once one of the largest African American communities in Maine.
Dr. Kate McMahon of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will present a talk hosted by Maine Conservation Voters to share how Amos and Sarah Peters — a Revolutionary War veteran and a freedom petitioner, respectively — built a large community in Warren and fought for their freedom and the futures of their descendants.
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Meadow Dibble, Ph.D. is a writer, researcher, and antiracist historical recovery advocate working to surface New England's suppressed narratives through her practice Public History & Education Consulting LLC. In 2018 she founded Atlantic Black Box, a grassroots public history project that empowers communities throughout the Northeast to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with the region’s complicity in the slave trade and the global economy of enslavement. Meadow serves as Project Lead on the Place Justice Project for the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations.
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I am the grandson of carl peters. my name is michael doughty son of carlene irma taylor holmes I am very interested in this information about my background .thank you in best regards mike doughty
Hi Mike, I’d be happy to connect with you and share my research. You can feel free to email me at k@katemcmahon.net.