2 Hours | Portland, Maine Black History Walking Tour

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Portland, USA
Guests Hear Stories on Exchange Street
Comparing Past and Present on Commercial Street
Tour group in the Old Port
Q&A on Fore Street
Abyssinian Meeting House
Comparing historic photos to modern Portland
Exchange Street in the Old Port

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Trace the steps of the Black Portlanders who moved our city, state, and country closer to the ideals of freedom, democracy, opportunity, and equality. Maine’s earliest settlements couldn’t have existed without Black labor, skill, and insight. You'll meet the Black Yankees who founded Maine communities, overturned slavery statewide, drove our maritime industries, gained political influence, crossed color boundaries, and expanded Mainers’ rights in the modern era.

Stepping on granite cobblestones crooked with age — that once saw footfalls from national heroes like Frederick Douglass — you’ll pass storefronts once home to Black-owned barbershops where abolitionists whispered intelligence to Underground Railroad conductors.

Enjoy 2 hours of entertaining and enlightening historical narration over a 1.5-mile route. Owner and guide, Dugan Murphy, dug through the archives to present an amazing constellation of stories left out of most tours. Cool Destinations named him Portland's #1 guide!

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