Question 1 • GA-Literature and Composition I
In 1912, Maine authorities evicted the residents of Malaga Island, a community that had been portrayed as racially inferior. Some residents were sent to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded, where people were institutionalized and subjected to medical procedures, including sterilization, without their consent. The state did not provide the community with new homes or fair compensation for the homes they lost.
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