Boston Trip Overview
Visit the Black Heritage Trail with a private guide, where you will wind through nearly two miles of 15 historical sites, and finish at the oldest surviving Black church in America, the African Meeting House. On your private tour, you will see historical sites – like the bookshop which published Uncle Tom’s Cabin and hear stories of the Boston Massacre all the way through to Malcolm X. Find yourself in the midst of incredible stories, spanning more than a century in the historic north slope of Beacon Hill. At the end of your tour, we recommend purchasing tickets to the Museum of African American History and the African Meeting House.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Boston, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Visit the Black Heritage Trail with a private guide, where you will wind through nearly two miles of 15 historical sites, and finish at the oldest surviving Black church in America, the African Meeting House. On your private tour, you will see historical sites – like the bookshop which published Uncle Tom’s Cabin and hear stories of the Boston Massacre all the way through to Malcolm X. Find yourself in the midst of incredible stories, spanning more than a century in the historic north slope of Beacon Hill. At the end of your tour, we recommend purchasing tickets to the Museum of African American History and the African Meeting House.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Embark on a tour of the Black Heritage trail, with 15 historic sites relating to life within a free Black community prior to the Civil War –including schools, homes, and meeting houses.
Learn Boston’s crucial role in the Underground Railroad and why southern African Americans often set their sights on Boston.
Hear the story of Crispus Attucks, the first man killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770, and considered by many to be the first violent death of the Revolution.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Between Beacon St and Cambridge St Beacon Hill, Boston, MA 02108
Explore the north slope of Beacon Hill, home to Boston’s 19th century African American community, and one of the first integrated schools in 1855. Pay respects to the 54th Regiment– the first Black Northern regiment in the Civil War – at its memorial built in 1897.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: African Meeting House, 8 Smith Ct, Boston, MA 02114-4007
Your tour ends in front of the African Meeting House, the oldest surviving Black church in the United States, which we recommend you purchase tickets for, and tour after departing from your guide.
