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First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist ME15 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
A memorial plaque inside First Parish honors Prentiss Mellen. Pews within the church are marked for the abolitionist Fessenden and Thomas families.
In 1832 abolitionist William Loyd-Garrison spoke here to 2,000 people on his first Maine anti-slavery tour. In 1842 First Parish was the site of a pro-slavery riot when radical abolitionist, Stephen Symonds Foster, was nearly murdered for criticizing the churches' and New England's role in promoting, perpetuating and profiting from slavery. Women helped to defend him.
ON THIS SITE
within the walls
of
The First Parish
Meeting House
The Constitution of
The State of Maine
was drafted.
October 12-29, 1819
Welcome to the First parish Memorial
Garden
To those who come here, we ask not your name, only that you may be blessed by the secret virtues of the garden.
Portland Freedom Trail, Maine Freedom Trails - Established 2007. First Parish in Portland Unitarian - Universalist.
425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County Maine
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