I have taken out of town visitors x2 on the 1.5 hour tour of the Boston Black Heritage Trail. I am not a big history buff, but I found it so engaging and discovered such amazing parts of Boston/New England that I never learned even growing up in a neighboring state. The tour is FREE, led by the National Park...
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Black Heritage Trail
14 Beacon St, Suite 506, Boston, MA 02108
617-742-5415
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Ranked #31 of 77 tours in Boston
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Operated by the National Park Service, this is a walking tour of Boston's 19th-century African-American history. Tthe Black Heritage Trail focuses on......
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Operated by the National Park Service, this is a walking tour of Boston's 19th-century African-American history. Tthe Black Heritage Trail focuses on the emerging free black community of the 1800s and their leading efforts in the Abolition Movement, the Underground Railroad, and the early struggles for equality and justice. The tour's focus is on the years between 1783 when Massachusetts abolished slavery to 1865 when slavery was abolished nationwide after the Civil War.
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I will not go into great detail about this tour, but if you ever have the opportunity take the ninety minutes and walk this trail.
We opted to to go on one of the guided tours rather than to do a walk on our own. The signage is spotty and if you don't know where your going you may miss...
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This was definitely one of the highlights of our Boston trip. Completely free, the trip was lead by Tatiana, a park ranger, who knew so much about the black people's fight for freedom, in both an american, and a Boston setting. The stories were both uplifiting, and thought provoking, and really gave depth to the setting of Beacon Hill in...
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Our Park Ranger, Dana, is passionate about our stories and he shares what he has learned in an interesting format. He is serious, humorous and enjoys what he does.
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The National Park Service's free Black Heritage Trail tour was one of the best tours I have ever been on! It is a beautiful walk in historic Beacon Hill given by enthusiastic locals on the history of Boston's 19th century African American community. I never realized how important Boston was in the abolitionist movement and the courage of so many...
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