FRYEBURG, Maine — In the cemetery behind the Fryeburg Public Library is a lone tombstone, standing vigil against the February snow drifts.
It marks the grave of Limbo, 90, a slave who first came to the area in the winter of 1762 when what is now Fryebrug was known as the Seven Lots due to the allotment of settlers’ lots there along what is now Main Street.
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Thank you for this enlightening story. I look forward to more stories about about the enslaved people who lived in our area.
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