Anne Farrow
Career journalist and author of books on slavery in colonial America and Northern complicity in the slave trade
Atlantic Black Box
Posting regular updates about events, resources, and news related to New England’s role in the economy of enslavement
Bill Sullivan
English teacher working with students at Suffield Academy in Connecticut and committed to project-based learning
Lisa Simpson Lutts
Executive Director of the Castine Historical Society situated in the deep-water port of Castine, Maine
Sara E. Lewis
History museum curator, local park interpreter, and researcher who writes about her family’s role in Chesapeake Bay-region history and connections to New England and Africa
Christy Clark-Pujara
Associate Professor of History in the Department Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island
Dennis Culliton
Founder of the Witness Stones Project, Inc. and former public school history teacher
Edward L. Bell
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer at the Massachusetts Historical Commission in Boston
Elise Guyette
Author and former public school teacher, museum educator, and college professor consulting on ethno-history, social sciences, and curriculum development for schools, theaters, television, and museums
Fiona Hopper
Social Studies Teacher Leader and Wabanaki Studies Coordinator for the Portland Public Schools district in Portland, Maine
Gordon Harris
Town historian for Ipswich, Massachusetts
Jared Ross Hardesty
Associate Professor of history at Western Washington University and a scholar of colonial America, the Atlantic world, and the histories of labor and slavery
Jen Carr
Collections Manager and Curator at the American Independence Museum, located in Exeter, New Hampshire
Penobscot Marine Museum
A museum located in Searsport, Maine with a mission to preserve, interpret, and celebrate the maritime culture of the Penobscot Bay Region
James King
Library Director at The Salisbury School
Kathryn DiPhilippo
Executive Director of the South Portland Historical Society, in South Portland, Maine
Greater Portland Landmarks
A nonprofit that works to preserve and revitalize greater Portland’s historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes, and parks
Katie McCarthy
High school history teacher in both public and independent schools committed to social justice education
Lincoln Paine
Maritime historian, author, editor, and curator whose chief aim is to engage people in the wonder of the maritime world
Susan Walters
Member of the Kennebunk Region BIPOC History Project who served in the Wells-Ogunquit School District for 30 years
Lauren McCormack
Executive Director of the Marblehead Museum on the North Shore of Massachusetts, a seaside town built on land of the Naumkeag People
Meadow Dibble
Founding Director of Atlantic Black Box and Visiting Scholar at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Peter Snoad
Boston playwright and active member of the Beacon Hill Scholars, dedicated to increasing public awareness about Boston’s dynamic free Black community of the 19th century
Rhonan Mokriski
History teacher at The Salisbury School in Connecticut leading a project-based learning course called “Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut”
Rob Sanford
Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Southern Maine whose research centered on Malaga Island
Skip Finley
Retired broadcaster and author of Whaling Captains of Color, a comprehensive account of the 50+ sailors of color who rose to captain New England’s whaling ships
Samantha Payne
Doctoral student in Harvard’s History department specializing in the history of the United States and Latin America, with particular interests in slavery, emancipation, race and capitalism
Susannah Remillard
Language arts teacher at Cape Cod Lighthouse Public Charter School, committed to the study of Native American histories in New England
Susan Smith
Member of the Reparations Task Force at the First Parish Brewster Universalist Unitarian, in Brewster, Massachusetts
Vana Carmona
Independent researcher and descendant of enslavers who launched The Prince Project, a database of over 1900 people of color who lived in the State of Maine
Castine Historical Society
- April 23, 2021 - Slavery and African Americans in early Castine[Maine, The Logbooks]