"We take the abolition of slavery for granted, especially in New England because New England was sort of the hot bed of the abolition movement," said Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, but "the adoption of the 13th Amendment was a crowning achievement, not only of the abolition movement, but also the prosecution of the war."
The Maine State Archives has created a display of historic documents from the State's February 1865 ratification process, which is featured this month in the Senate Majority Office at the State House and in the lobby of the Archives, in the Cultural Building. In addition, a video of Secretary Dunlap and State Archivist David Cheever discussing the anniversary is available on the department's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZ7LSdDcYOIbCQgSeAwisQ .
Documents here shown in the display and video include the letter to the 44th Legislature from Gov.
