New England Historical Society

All posts tagged "slave trade"

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Crime and Scandal
The Mysterious 1852 Voyage of the Arabian, the Fastest Clipper Ship in Maine
In 1852 James Hinds, a ship builder in Calais, Maine, launched the fastest clipper ship ever built in the state. He’d built...
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Massachusetts
The Nightingale of Boston and the Last Gasps of the American Slave Trade
In early spring of 1861, the Nightingale of Boston set sail for Liverpool. She carried grain, bread and barrels, broken down for...

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