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Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
$35.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
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.
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.
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Beacon Hill – Small Group
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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- Beacon Hill Neighborhood
- Black Heritage Trail (All 10 landmarks)
- Small Groups (16 guests max)
- Guides in Period Costume
- Admission inside Museums
- Gratuity for Guide (optional)
Meeting point
Meet 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.
Return details
Your 2.5-hour tour concludes in front of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial, across the street from the Massachusetts State House. This special loop tour of Beacon Hill ends within 0.2 miles of its starting location at the Prescott House.
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Meet 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.
- Oldest public land in the Americas and Boston's communal grazing pasture (1634) (pass by)
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Acorn StreetNarrow cobblestone alleyways wind throughout historic Beacon Hill
- Elegant neighborhood square from elite world of 19th-century "Boston Brahmins" (pass by)
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Built as a whites-only school in 1824, but among the first schools to integrate in Boston by 1855
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Home of leading abolitionist, state legislator, and former barber
- Primary thoroughfare of Beacon Hill, lined with local shops and restaurants (pass by)
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Historic meeting house (1807) and site of contentious debate over racial integration
- Home of African-American community activist and abolitionist (pass by)
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Underground Railroad safe house owned by the Haydens, staunch abolitionists who were formerly enslaved
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Otis House1796 residence of Harrison Gray Otis, Boston mayor and nephew of revolutionary James Otis, Jr.
- Historic 1806 church designed by noted architect Asher Benjamin (pass by)
- Home of outspoken abolitionist and U.S. Senator beaten unconscious in the Capitol over the issue of slavery in 1856. (pass by)
- Homes of several African-American abolitionists, including historian William Cooper Nell (pass by)
- Founded in 1835 as segregated school for Boston's African-American children (pass by)
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Cultural center of Boston's African-American community and oldest extant black church building in the U.S. (1806)
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Oldest extant house in Beacon Hill (1787) was home to African-American Revolutionary War veteran
- Massachusetts state capitol and "Hub of the Solar System" (1798) (pass by)
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Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment MemorialOur tour concludes beside the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial opposite 24 Beacon Street.
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Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
$35.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!