Black Heritage Trail in Beacon HIll

In the 19th century, Beacon Hill was a vital part of Boston’s black community and the burgeoning abolitionist movement. The neighborhood boasts Boston’s first integrated schools, underground railroad stations, and the oldest standing black church in America. The 1.6-mile trail gives visitors a glimpse of a pre-Civil War Boston, when more than half of the city’s 2,000 black citizens lived in the neighborhood and the abolitionist movement gathered strength. The neighborhood continued to celebrate its black history with a discussion of its 'hidden' history at the Museum of African-American History .
Sara Brown for Boston.com
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In the 19th century, Beacon Hill was a vital part of Boston’s black community and the burgeoning abolitionist movement. The neighborhood boasts Boston’s first integrated schools, underground railroad stations, and the oldest standing black church in America. The 1.6-mile trail gives visitors a glimpse of a pre-Civil War Boston, when more than half of the city’s 2,000 black citizens lived in the neighborhood and the abolitionist movement gathered strength.

The neighborhood continued to celebrate its black history with a discussion of its "hidden" history at the Museum of African-American History.