Out of a population of 1 million there's about a 1% black population.
You'll find a great proportion of "old" black families in Maine. Old in the sense that their folk have been there for 150-200 years rather than dating from the early 20th industrial boom when so many blacks moved north.
The big migration to the north took place in the 1960's. Boston's black population more than doubled then.
Actually, Maine has a population of 1.3 million.
Historically, Maine’s white population has been around 98%.
Like you said, some blacks have been here for many generations.
Starting last year, I’ve seen increasing number of blacks here in the summer months.....some are here all year long. This new group of black people, as it turns out, are from Haiti. The individuals I have met are polite and are very religious, hard-working Christians.
In a local hospital, I met a nurse from Liberia and another nurse from Nigeria. The Nigerian nurse is Catholic and recently became an American citizen. She told me all about the problems with the Muslims trying to take over her native land.