Hosted by Old York Historical Society
With Pr. Mary T. Freeman
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
6:00 pm ET
via Zoom
Mary T. Freeman explores the long history of slavery and emancipation in Maine, focusing on antislavery activism in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Freeman pays particular attention to the role of African Americans in advancing the cause of abolition in Maine and the complicated relationship between myth and historical fact in understanding Mainers’ involvement in the Underground Railroad.
Mary T. Freeman is assistant professor of history at the University of Maine. Her field is the nineteenth-century United States, with a focus on the history of slavery and abolition. Her work also explores abolitionism, African American history, and women’s history in Maine and New England. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 2018. Her current book project, which will be published by University of Pennsylvania Press, examines letter writing in the nineteenth-century antislavery movement. She is also researching abolitionism and nineteenth-century African American politics in Maine.
This FREE virtual program is presented via Zoom.
