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Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
$35
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Overview
The Black Heritage Trail in historic Beacon Hill highlights Boston's pivotal role in the fight against legalized slavery. This engaging 2.5-hour walking tour takes you to key abolitionist landmarks and Underground Railroad sites.
- 🗺️ Begin your journey at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Boston Common, easily found near the Visitors Center at 139 Tremont Street.
- 🏛️ Walk through Acorn Street, a narrow cobblestone alley that captures the charm of historic Beacon Hill.
- 🏠 Pass by the home of a leading abolitionist and former barber, a testament to the area's rich history.
- 📚 Visit the African Meeting House, built in 1807, and witness its role in the debate over racial integration.
- 🏡 Discover the Underground Railroad safe house owned by the Haydens, former slaves who dedicated their lives to abolition.
- 🏛️ Marvel at the Otis House, a historic residence from 1796, linked to Boston's revolutionary past.
- 📜 Learn about the home of an outspoken abolitionist and U.S. Senator who faced violence over slavery issues in 1856.
- 🏫 Observe the cultural center of Boston's African-American community, the oldest extant black church building in the U.S., dating back to 1806.
- 🎖️ Conclude your tour at the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, commemorating African-American soldiers in the Civil War.
- 👥 Enjoy a small group experience with a maximum of 16 guests, ensuring personalized attention from your knowledgeable guide.
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Beacon Hill – Small Group
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
- 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
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they redeem the gift voucher.
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