 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 marker upright stone & mill stiones, Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Church on upper floor, Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
Mariners' Church
Location of Daniels Colesworthy's
basement anti-slavery bookstore and print shop.
In 1836 Colesworthy printed "Light and Truth From Ancient and Sacred History," a book by African American, Robert Benjamin Lewis. It was the first Afro-Centric history of the world, giving brief biographical sketches of famous people of African descent. Mariners' Church (Congregational) ministered to waterfront workers.
Portland Freedom Trail, Maine Freedom Trails, Established 2007.
Fore St. & Moulton St., Portland, Cumberland County Maine
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