First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist - Portland, ME
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N 43° 39.504 W 070° 15.481
19T E 398562 N 4834702
The constitution of the State of Maine was drafted here.
Waymark Code: WMK8N8
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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County of Church: Cumberland County.
Location of marker: 415 Congress St., Portland
Marker erected by: Portland Freedom Trail
Date marker erected: 2007


Marker Text:
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.

Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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