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Abraham Niles

1807–1852

United States

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Abraham Walker Niles (December 10, 1807- June 22, 1852) was an American abolitionist, deacon, and mariner. He was born and raised in Castine, Maine and later settled in Portland. Niles was a co-founder of the Abyssinian Meeting House, one of the oldest Black churches in the United States.

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