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  1. Boston's Black Heritage Trail: The Complete Guide

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  2. A Guide to Black Heritage Trail in Boston

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  3. Virtual Black Heritage Trail® Tour

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  4. Black Heritage Trail History and Information Guide

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  5. Boston's Black Heritage Trail: The Complete Guide

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  6. Boston's Black Heritage Trail

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  1. Virtual Black Heritage Trail® Tour

    The Black Heritage Trail ® is a 1.6 mile walk through the heart of Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. Most sites along the trail remain private residences. However, the final stops—the Abiel Smith School and the African Meeting House—are part of the Museum of African American History which is open to the public.. This self-guided audio tour is also available on the free NPS app!

  2. Boston's Black Heritage Trail

    Black Heritage Trail Walking Tour Operators. The Black Heritage Trail in Boston is a 1.6 mile walking tour that will take you through historic sites on the north slope of Beacon Hill. You'll visit memorials, stations on the Underground Railroad, the Abiel Smith School and the African Meeting House on this guided or self-guided tour.

  3. The Black Heritage Trail: A walking tour deep into Boston history

    The Black Heritage Trail: A walking tour deep into Boston history The trail leads visitors through Beacon Hill and offers a glimpse of the 19th-century Black experience. By Danielle Legros Georges ...

  4. Boston's Black Heritage Trail: The Complete Guide

    Boston's Black Heritage Trail, part of the Boston African American Historic Site, offers the opportunity to go back in history to explore the city's 19th century African American culture. This community largely resided in the Beacon Hill neighborhood, thus why that is exactly where this 1.6-mile walking tour takes place.

  5. Boston Location

    There are several parking garages in the vicinity of the Museum of African American History. A few recommendations: Charles River Plaza 209 Cambridge Street. Boston, MA 02114 617-227-3517. *Metered parking is also available on Cambridge Street. Boston Common Garage 0 Charles Street Boston, MA 02116 617-954-2098.

  6. Boston Black Heritage Trail

    Boston Black Heritage Trail. The Black Heritage Trail is a short walking tour winding visitors through Boston 's Beacon Hill neighborhood. Covering ten sites important in American black history, its 1.6 miles can be completed in an hour or two, depending on how long you spend at each site, and any side trips you might decide to take.

  7. The Black Heritage Trail ®

    This virtual "walking tour" explores the rich history of Boston's nineteenth-century black community of Beacon Hill. The men and women who lived, worked, and gathered at these sites were part of an entrepreneurial, activist, thriving and, above all, free community. Slavery came to an end in Massachusetts in 1783 as a result of legal activism by ...

  8. Black Heritage Trail Tour

    The Black Staff Caucus (BSC) invites you to walk along the Black Heritage Trail® in Boston. This is a private tour for BSC led by a National Park Service (NPS) Ranger. The Black Heritage Trail® immerses participants into the history of the Black community that lived in the Beacon Hill neighborhood around the time of the American Civil War.

  9. Black Heritage Trail, Boston guide & map

    Black Heritage Trail, Boston (Massachusetts) guide and map. Boston's Black Heritage Trail takes us through the most significant landmarks of the Black Boston of the 1800s. Before the Civil War, Beacon Hill became home to immigrants and more than half of Boston's 2,000 African Americans, just below the houses of wealthy white people.

  10. Free Walking Tours

    Boston Walking Tour; Black Heritage Trail. The Black Heritage Trail is a 1.5 mile long path in Boston through North Beacon Hill with stops at important African American historical sites. North Beacon Hill was a center of Boston's 19th century African American community. The Trail contains more than 15 pre-Civil War structures including the ...

  11. A Guide to Black Heritage Trail in Boston

    The Black Heritage Trail consists of 14 sites throughout the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Some sites, like the Abiel Smith School and the African Meeting House, are open to the public, but many of the other attractions on the tour, including the Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, are private residences not open to the public.

  12. Black Heritage Trail History and Information Guide

    The Black Heritage Trail features various homes, memorials, and sites that are significant in the history of Boston's 19th century African American community. The first slaves arrived in 1638 and by 1705 there were over 400. At this time there were also the beginnings of a free black community in the North End, and by 1790, the time of the ...

  13. Trails and Walking Tours

    Boston Black Heritage Trail, Beacon Hill, Boston, MA. African American Heritage Trail, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA. Self-Guided Walking Tour of Concord, MA Emancipation Trail, Boston, MA New Bedford Black History Trail, New Bedford, MA Nantucket's Black Heritage Trail, Museum of African American History, Nantucket, MA .

  14. Virtual Programs

    The Freedom Trail® and Black Heritage Trail® have rich opportunities for everyone to learn and experience Boston's history remotely. Freedom Trail official historic sites, the Museum of African American History, and Freedom Trail Foundation provide existing and new online Distance Learning Resources, including virtual programs and tours to bring history into homes.

  15. Black Heritage History of Boston Walking Tour

    The Black Heritage History of Boston covers: and more... Where: Tour meet at on the Boston Common outside the Park St. MBTA Station. Duration: Approximately 2 hours. Tour distance is approximately 1 mile (1.6K) When: PRIVATE ONLY. Please contact us to book - [email protected].

  16. African American Heritage Tours in the heart of Boston Massachusetts

    BlackBoston.com's tours, sightseeing trips, and transportation selections. Phone: (617) 942-1301 about the tours. Select. Black Heritage Trail 14-sites & museum. walk. 300-years of Black Boston riding tour. Black Martha's Vineyard 4hr riding tour. Back Bay to Roxbury Cultural District Tour.

  17. This is Holmes Alleyway in Boston's Beacon Hill. A narrow ...

    I posted about the Black Heritage Trail and museum yesterday so please check that out, do the walking tour and visit the museum. #thingstodoinboston #blackheritagetrail #beaconhill #bostondotcom #undergroundrailroad Walking tours in Boston, black heritage trail, hidden alleys of Boston, Underground Railroad in Boston, hidden history or beacon ...

  18. Free Things You Can Do When Visiting Boston

    Before you leave for Boston on your trip, it's beneficial to download the. free NPS app. first. On it, there's audio that'll enrich your self-guided walk along this trail. 10 audio clips total ...

  19. The Most Stylish Finds In Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston is steeped in a famed trifecta that comprises all things academia (e.g. MIT, Harvard), sports (e.g. New England Patriots, Red Sox) and history (e.g. The Freedom Trail, Paul Revere House ...