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The Story of Malaga Island

When Malaga Island off the coast of Phippsburg was seized by the state government in 1911 and its residents evicted, it marked the end of a unique mixed-race settlement that had existed there for over 50 years. Producer Anita Clearfield talks about her desire to see more done to bring this story to new generations of Mainers, most of whom are unfamiliar with Malaga's history.

   

Funding for production of Maine Experience was provided in part by: Elsie Viles, Cynthia Crocker, the Richard Bresnahan Family, Harry and Susan Konkel, the Borman Family Foundation, Henrietta Farnum Stewart, Randy Phelps and Pamela Daley, the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, Judith and Joe Kaminski and Calista L. Harder.