Historian Seth Goldstein will take you on a virtual walking tour of Portland’s Old Port Neighborhood. Topics discussed will include the Indigenous People of the region and their early conflicts with European colonists, the relationship between Indigenous and African slavery, Portland’s historic Black community, and both the Underground Railroad and Abolition Movement in Portland.
Meadow Dibble, Director of Atlantic Black Box, will introduce this public history project that empowers communities throughout New England to research and reckon with New England’s role in Atlantic world slavery.
Meadow Dibble is founding Director of Atlantic Black Box and editor of The International Educator newspaper. Originally from Cape Cod, she lived for six years in Dakar, Senegal, where she published a cultural magazine from 1996–2000. Specializing in the literary expression of 20th-century liberation movements, Meadow received her PhD from Brown University’s Department of French Studies and taught at Colby College from 2005–08. She launched Atlantic Black Box in 2018 as a public history initiative devoted to researching and reckoning with New England’s role in the slave trade and recovering the stories of the region's free and enslaved communities of color.
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Excellect backgroundd tour for Portland slavery related history.
Excellect backgroundd tour for Portland slavery related history.