# Event Details

- **Event Name**: One Minute’s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: One Minute’s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the American Revolution

The Declaration of Independence promised freedom and liberty for all, but the promises of the Declaration were at odds with the existence of slavery. This talk will explore the impacts of the American Revolution on enslavement in Maine, and the efforts of resistance and abolition by Black Mainers and their allies during the Revolutionary Era. We will also examine the contradictions of the abolition of slavery in the District of Maine in 1784 and the continued involvement of and investment in the global economies of enslavement during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Kate McMahon is the Executive Director of the Castine Historical Society. She also serves on the Operational Committee of SlaveVoyages.org and is a co-founder and board member of Atlantic Black Box. She received her B.A. in Art History and M.A. in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine. She completed her Ph.D. in History at Howard University in 2017. Her dissertation was entitled The Transnational Dimensions of Africans and African Americans in Northern New England, 1776-1865. Her current research explores New England’s connections to and complicity in the illegal slave trade and colonialism, 1809-1900. She is committed to exploring the living legacies of slavery and the slave trade in the present day and interpreting this history for a broad public through frequent public speaking engagements and scholarly production.

Thank you to our co-sponsor, the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/boothbay-harbor/one-minutes-freedom-maine-slavery-and-the-promises-of-the-revolution/200030305556201
- **Event Categories**: art, public-speaking
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Boothbay Harbor
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor
- **lat**: 43.85685
- **long**: -69.62466
- **full address**: Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538-1844, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is One Minute s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution being held?
  - **A:** One Minute s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution takes place on Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538-1844, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing One Minute s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution?
  - **A:** One Minute s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution is organized by Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** One Minute s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Boothbay Harbor, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If One Minute s Freedom: Maine, Slavery, and the Promises of the Revolution sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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