num_pages: 229
description: In Lives of Consequence Patricia Wall has forever destroyed the old myth that there were 'just a few' persons of color living in colonial Maine. In the towns of old Kittery and Berwick alone her in-depth study finds nearly 500 Black Indian and mixed race individuals--both enslaved and free--from 1645 to statehood in 1820. Despite many self-serving myths their lives were no less harsh and their neighbors no less racist than other parts of the country. This well researched book is a significant rewriting of local history and a major addition to the study of African and African-Americans in Maine. A much needed corrective to antiquarian histories of Maine towns that virtually ignored this population altogether it could be a model for similar local studies all over New England--Provided by publisher.
language: English
title: Lives of Consequence: Blacks in Early Kittery & Berwick in the Massachusetts Province of Maine
publisher: Portsmouth Historical Society