Abolitionists at Bowdoin College

The picture of intense abolitionists at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, the Abenakis, the Acadians, the Congregationalists, and the Quakers is routinely left out of our classroom treatment of the American Civil War. To address this, the story 'The Tide Waits for No Woman' reflects fictional characters in historically accurate settings, interacting with real-life individuals in authentic political, military, and social contexts. The lens provided here is one of the ordinary folks trying to make a difference.