Old Bristol Historical Society is hosting a Zoom presentation on Maine’s role in the history of slavery in the United States at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. In collaboration with Lincoln County Historical Association, the historical society will welcome local author Carol Gardner. She will discuss her forthcoming book, “The Divided North: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery.”
Maine author Carol Gardner. Courtesy of Old Bristol Historical Society
“The Divided North” chronicles the lives of two Maine families: the Rubys, who were well-known anti-slavery activists and Underground Railroad operatives; and the Gordons, who were prominent ship masters — among them the only American executed for participating in the transatlantic slave trade. The experiences of these families reveal what it meant to live in a free state during the age of slavery.
Gardner earned a Ph.D. in English from Johns Hopkins University and taught at Johns Hopkins, Wake Forest and Florida State Universities. She has published fiction and nonfiction in a wide variety of books and periodicals, and is the author of the 2019 narrative history “The Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner’s Journey to the New World.” She lives in Alna.
Register for this free event at lincolncountyhistory.org/event/carol-gardner.
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