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. TripAdvisor named him Portland's #1 guide!
We'll trace the steps of the folks who resisted indignity and realized power to move our city, state, and country closer to the ideals of freedom, democracy, opportunity, and equality.
1 Temple St, Portland, United States
Discover the hidden Black history that predates slavery in Maine.
Portland, United States
Be surprised by the story of a largely unknown but well-connected international activist from the 19th century hiding in plain sight.
307 Congress St, Portland, United States
Hear the complicated history of racial passing at the highest levels in 19th-century Catholic Maine.
Portland, United States
Dugan will guide you to where Black leaders and laborers shaped Portland's waterfront and earned a seat at the table when the odds were against them. We'll honor the Black journalist who decided to leave the US behind and seek self-determination in a newly-founded African nation.
Discover the Black skill and labor too often overlooked.
ded political power at a time when the vast majority of Black Americans were denied basic human rights.
54 Commercial St, Portland, United States
Visit the Black social scene of WWII Portland and meet the important people who came out of that period to impact our lives today.
Commercial St, Portland, United States
Follow Dugan through the Old Port to a historically-Black section on the eastern end of the waterfront, uncovering Black history hidden all around us. You'll hear about the people who founded Maine communities, overturned slavery statewide, drove our maritime industries, swung elections, founded houses of worship, crossed color boundaries, and expanded Mainers’ rights in the modern era.
the legal field despite those who tried to hold him back.
om seekers from the South via the Underground Railroad.
to improve their lives and the lives of others.
138 Congress St, , Portland, United States
Learn how important Black Portlanders were to the maritime economy in the age of sail.
leaders whose impacts are still being felt today.
224 Congress St, Mountfort St., Portland, United States
Learn the surprising story of the Black minister who convened a community of expatriate Black Americans to rewrite the US Constitution.
Meet at the front steps of First Parish Church. Your guide will be holding a sign that says "Portland by the Foot." Check-in time is 10 minutes prior to the scheduled tour time. The church is one half mile from the cruise ship terminal.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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