This Mainer is the only American ever executed for slave trading November 20, 2017Historyafrica, erie, execution, maine, portland, ship, slave, this week in portland history, trade By Troy R. Bennett In 1860, he traded whiskey for 897 human beings. Half of them were children.
A Portland man left everything to his family, including his slave October 23, 2016History, Homeafrican american, maine, permanent portlander, portland, slave, slavery By Troy R. Bennett When he died in 1743, he willed a house, a barn, a wharf, land, furniture, livestock and a man named Cambridge to his family.