Centered on the north slope of Beacon Hill, the African American community of 1800s Boston led the city and the nation in the fight against slavery and injustice. These remarkable men and women, together with their allies, were leaders in the Abolition Movement, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and the early struggle for equal rights and education.
What you’ll hear
75 places to explore in this park.
- 81-83 Phillips Street
- Abiel Smith School
- African Meeting House
- Angelina Weld Grimke Early Childhood Home
- Arianna Sparrow's House
- Beacon Hill
- Boston African American National Historic Site
- Boston City Hall
- Boston Common
- Boston Courthouse
- Boston Harbor
- Boston Massacre Site
- Charles Street Meeting House
- Dock Square
- Faneuil Hall
- George Middleton House
- George S. and Susan Hillard House
- John Coburn House
- John J. Smith House
- John T. Hilton House
- Lewis and Harriet Hayden House
- Longfellow Bridge
- Long Wharf, Boston
- Lovells Island
- Marlboro Church
- Massachusetts State House
- Meeting of the Colored Woman’s Anti-Suffrage Association
- Meeting Place of the Woman's Era Club
- Old West Church
- Phillips School
- Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
- Robert Johnson House
- Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House
- Scollay Square
- Site of Boston Political Class Meetings
- Site of Clara Vaught's House
- Site of Dr. Henry Bowditch's Home
- Site of Dr. Thomas P. Knox House
- Site of Francis Jackson's Home
- Site of Harriet Jacobs’ Charter Street Home
- Site of Henry L. W. Thacker House
- Site of James Watkins' Home
- Site of Jane and Lawrence Woodfolk's Revere Court Residence
- Site of Jane Harris' Fruit Street Residence
- Site of John Oliver's House
- Site of John R. Taylor’s “Temperance House”
- Site of John W. Browne's Law Office
- Site of Leverett Street Jail
- Site of Lewis Howard's House
- Site of Maria Bell's House
- Site of Prescott Townsend Home
- Site of Samuel Snowden's House
- Site of Sarah and John Sella Martin House
- Site of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields House
- Site of South End Suffrage Meeting
- Site of the Austin Bearse Home
- Site of the Coffin Pitts House
- Site of the David Walker & Maria Stewart House - 81 Joy Street
- Site of The Holmes Alley House
- Site of the Home for Aged Colored Women
- Site of The Liberator Office
- Site of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Office
- Site of the Revere House Hotel
- Site of Thomas Aves Home
- Site of Timothy and Mary Gilbert’s House
- Site of Twelfth Baptist Church
- Site of William and Elizabeth Riley's House
- Site of William Craft’s Shop
- Smith Court, Beacon Hill
- Smith Court Residences
- Spectacle Island
- Sporters
- State Street, Boston
- The Site of the Ann Street Boarding House
- Tremont Temple
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