On April 23, 2026, Tricia Peone will discuss the overlooked history of King Philip's War, highlighting Indigenous erasure through white narratives. The event, as part of the Metacom's Resistance series, features a new online resource by the Congregational Library & Archives, showcasing primary sources that reshape understanding of this pivotal historical event.
Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging with Tara Roberts on 8/8/26
Apr 08, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT on Zoom REGISTER HERE Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging by Tara Roberts is a memoir about her journey as a National Geographic Explorer to find and document the shipwrecks of slave ships, connecting this maritime history to her own identity as … Continue reading Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging with Tara Roberts on 8/8/26
Indigo Arts Alliance Event | Art in the Wake II: Repairing, Healing and Memory | live from Brazil, today!
Saturday, February 28, 2026starting at 8:00 am EST Art in the Wake II: Repairing, Healing and Memory is the second symposium in Indigo Arts Alliance’s multiyear partnership with the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Center for the Study of Global Slavery (CSGS). Building on the 2023 inaugural program, Art in the Wake: Reckoning and Re-membering, our continued collaboration … Continue reading Indigo Arts Alliance Event | Art in the Wake II: Repairing, Healing and Memory | live from Brazil, today!
In the news | Plaques to mark Kittery’s role in transatlantic slave trade
Portsmouth Herald reports on the critical commemorative work of the Maine Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Feb. 24, 2026 Residents are digging into the town’s ties to the transatlantic slave trade and Kittery Point’s status as a documented arrival port for ships carrying enslaved people. Two plaques will be installed — one at … Continue reading In the news | Plaques to mark Kittery’s role in transatlantic slave trade
Vaughan Homestead Event | “The Great Resistance” | Author talk with Carrie Gibson on 3/29/26
Hosted by Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead Sunday, March 29, 20262:00- 5:00 pmVaughan Woods & Historic Homestead2 Litchfield RoadHallowell, ME 04347 $10/person includes refreshments and a copy of The Great ResistanceSpace is limited Tickets & Info Acclaimed historian and author Carrie Gibson visits Hallowell's Vaughan Woods and Historic Homestead for their annual Rural Socrates Series Book Talk. Ms. Gibson is the … Continue reading Vaughan Homestead Event | “The Great Resistance” | Author talk with Carrie Gibson on 3/29/26
LCHA Event | Amos’s Ear: Black Mainers, the American Revolution, and the Fight for Freedom, with Dr. Kate McMahon on 2/5/26
Hosted by Lincoln County Historical Association, In partnership with Old Bristol Historical Society Thursday, February 5, 20266:00 - 7:00 pm ETa free online lecture LEARN MORE & REGISTER African Americans used the American Revolution as a means to pursue freedom and equality. This lecture explores the history of freedom-making in Revolutionary-era Maine, with a particular focus … Continue reading LCHA Event | Amos’s Ear: Black Mainers, the American Revolution, and the Fight for Freedom, with Dr. Kate McMahon on 2/5/26
Who gets to define our shared story?
By Meadow Dibble At a time when those committed to truth and justice are gripped by what Martin Luther King, Jr. described as the “fierce urgency of now,” it may feel like researching, studying, and discussing history are luxuries we can’t afford. Like we can’t turn our eyes away from the crisis unfolding before us. … Continue reading Who gets to define our shared story?
Scarborough Historical Society Event | “Nimrod the Scarboro Slave” and Other Stories about Slavery in Maine with Eben Miller on 1/4/26
Hosted by Scarborough Historical Society January 4, 2026 at 2:00 pmBlack Point Church Parish Hall167 Black Point RoadScarborough, ME 04074 This talk by Dr. Eben Miller of Southern Maine Community College is in-person, free, and open to the public. It will draw on local traditions—such as stories like "Nimrod the Scarboro Slave"—as well as archival … Continue reading Scarborough Historical Society Event | “Nimrod the Scarboro Slave” and Other Stories about Slavery in Maine with Eben Miller on 1/4/26
Connecticut Public Radio’s Still Here: Native American Resilience in New England
This five-episode series features Indigenous perspectives and offers a fresh look at the history of southern New England. Meet culture bearers and knowledge keepers who are working to carry Native life forward.
Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Finding Pomp Russell on 11/12/25
Hosted by the Slave Legacy History Coalition Presented by Judy Granger Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 10:30-11:30 AM ETOnline REGISTER HERE This genealogical and historical research grew out of Judy Granger’s discovery of an amazing document: the first American Anti-Slavery Almanac. Sharing this news prompted a friend’s family story and concern, about a Black infant, enslaved … Continue reading Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Finding Pomp Russell on 11/12/25
ABB Event | The Just History Project with Researcher Bill Grabin 7/23/25
This Wednesday, Atlantic Black Box is honored to host a presentation by Bill Grabin, who in 2020 joined a local effort to uncover the suppressed history of Wabanaki and Black residents of what are now the towns of Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel. Over the next five years, Bill led the research that culminated in the creation of the Just History Database.
Paris Hill Event | Debut performance of Antonio Rocha’s “Once Upon a Hill in Maine: The Pedro Tovookan Parris Story” on 7/16/25
Experience a powerful journey of resilience, courage, and freedom through the eyes of Pedro Tovookan Parris. Pedro was born in East Africa and found his way to Maine after being enslaved as a child and taken to Brazil on a Maine vessel.
American Ancestors Event | “Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea” with Marcus Rediker on 6/16
With Dr. Marcus Rediker Hosted by American Ancestors June 16, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET REGISTER HERE A pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship, Marcus Rediker joins us to share his definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins. As many as 100,000 people emancipated … Continue reading American Ancestors Event | “Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea” with Marcus Rediker on 6/16
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Suing Slavery: Essex County Freedom Suits, 1765-1783 on 6/12
With Jeanne Pickering Hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons Thursday, June 12, 7:00-8:30 PM, Online REGISTER HERE On July 1, 1714, at the Brattle Street Church in Boston, two so-called “free Negroes,” Anthony Tyns and Armote, were married. Ten months later their daughter, Lydia, was born. We would pay little attention to their marriage except … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Suing Slavery: Essex County Freedom Suits, 1765-1783 on 6/12
Enslaved Legacy History Coalition Event | Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England on 6/11/25
With Dr. Gloria McCahon Whiting Hosted by the Slave Legacy History Coalition Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 10:30-11:30 AM EST Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84763385655?pwd=cUU3dVlUa24vdHJHdTYxUHR1U2VCdz09Meeting ID: 847 6338 5655 Passcode: 294088 New England has long been seen as a cradle of liberty in American history, but it was also a cradle of slavery. From the earliest years of colonization, New Englanders … Continue reading Enslaved Legacy History Coalition Event | Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England on 6/11/25
ABB Event | Season Launch of the Walks for Historical and Ecological Recovery (WHERE2025) | online on 6/5
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Thursday, June 5, 2025 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm ET, Online REGISTER HERE Join Atlantic Black Box and its partner organizations on June 5 to launch a new season of Walks for Historical and Ecological Recovery (WHERE2025). This epic collective journey engages communities throughout the Dawnland in examining the ways that Indigenous, … Continue reading ABB Event | Season Launch of the Walks for Historical and Ecological Recovery (WHERE2025) | online on 6/5
ABB Event | Divided North: Abolition, Slavery, and the Slave Trade in Maine on 5/28/25
With Dr. Carol Gardiner and respondent Bob Greene A Speaker Series event Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Wednesday, May 28, 2025 6:00 pm ET on zoom REGISTER HERE Next Wednesday, Atlantic Black Box is honored to host a presentation by Dr. Carol Gardner that explores how the experiences of two 19th-century Portland families—one Black and one … Continue reading ABB Event | Divided North: Abolition, Slavery, and the Slave Trade in Maine on 5/28/25
ABB Event | Bounty Hunters in the Dawnland: Scalping and Kidnapping for Land and Currency >> tonight at 6 pm
This Wednesday, May 7 Dr. Mishy Lesser (Upstander Project co-founder and Emmy Award winning researcher) and Kristine Malpica (Upstander Project researcher and public historian) will join the Atlantic Black Box community to discuss the research and realities behind Bounty, a short filmic testimony of the resistance and survivance of Wabanaki People of the Dawnland.
The Trump Administration is actively rewriting history.
Memory matters. Who is deemed worthy of remembrance correlates directly to who is allowed to feel they belong, who is protected, and who has rights.
The Prince Project Database is Now Live
The Prince Project database, now live, contains information about over two thousand people who were enslaved, or descended from enslaved people, and lived here in Maine in the 17th and 18th centuries.