Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill - Small Group
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Boston's role in the fight to end legalized slavery is linked by the Black Heritage Trail in historic Beacon Hill. This pedestrian path is best experienced on foot, in a small group, with a knowledgeable local guide! Your 2.5-hour loop tour travels from Boston Common to visit Underground Railroad sites, elite homes of "Boston Brahmins," and abolitionist landmarks such as the African Meeting House.
Our small-group walking tour delves deeply into the years 1833 to 1863, the tumultuous years leading toward Civil War. We walk in the footsteps of 19th-century Bostonians, all of whom grappled with the "peculiar institution" of racial enslavement in the U.S.
With a captivating storytelling approach, Hub Town Tours provides the perfect introduction to Boston's role in America's "Second Revolution." As we travel past landmarks from Civil War Boston, your guide shares the gripping story of local Bostonians finding their voices and demanding an end to injustice across their young nation.
Itinerary
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeMeet your guide at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the center of Boston Common, steps from the Boston Common Visitors Center at 139 Tremont Street (02108). Look for a white granite column topped by a female figure holding a flag; four bronze statues surround the base of the central column.Boston Common(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeOldest public land in the Americas and Boston's communal grazing pasture (1634)Acorn Street
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeNarrow cobblestone alleyways wind throughout historic Beacon HillLouisburg Square(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeElegant neighborhood square from elite world of 19th-century "Boston Brahmins"Phillips School
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeBuilt as a whites-only school in 1824, but among the first schools to integrate in Boston by 1855John J Smith House
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHome of leading abolitionist, state legislator, and former barberCharles Street(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreePrimary thoroughfare of Beacon Hill, lined with local shops and restaurantsCharles Street Meeting House
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHistoric meeting house (1807) and site of contentious debate over racial integrationJohn Coburn House(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeHome of African-American community activist and abolitionistLewis and Harriet Hayden House
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeUnderground Railroad safe house owned by the Haydens, staunch abolitionists who were formerly enslavedOtis House
10 minsAdmission Ticket Free1796 residence of Harrison Gray Otis, Boston mayor and nephew of revolutionary James Otis, Jr.Old West Church(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeHistoric 1806 church designed by noted architect Asher Benjamin20 Hancock St(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeHome of outspoken abolitionist and U.S. Senator beaten unconscious in the Capitol over the issue of slavery in 1856.Smith Court Residences(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeHomes of several African-American abolitionists, including historian William Cooper NellAbiel Smith School(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeFounded in 1835 as segregated school for Boston's African-American childrenAfrican Meeting House
25 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedCultural center of Boston's African-American community and oldest extant black church building in the U.S. (1806)5 Pinckney St
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOldest extant house in Beacon Hill (1787) was home to African-American Revolutionary War veteranMassachusetts State House(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeMassachusetts state capitol and "Hub of the Solar System" (1798)Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOur tour concludes beside the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial opposite 24 Beacon Street.
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USD 35.15
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