Sites throughout Portland, ME | |
About: The Portland Freedom Trail takes visitors to sixteen of the city's most significant African American historic sites. Included on this self-guided walking tour are sites attesting to Portland's role in the abolition movement and Underground Railroad, and to the development of the city's African American community. The tour guide can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
The trail represents the first project of Maine Freedom Trails, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a network of marked sites across the state that acknowledge individual, organizational, and community participation in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist movement.
Commemorative Marker at corner of Congress and Mountford Streets Photo and text courtesy Portland Freedom Trail |
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