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Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
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Beacon Hill
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Not recommended for travelers who have difficulty standing for extended periods
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Boston's role in the fight to end legalized slavery is linked by the Black Heritage Trail in historic Beacon Hill. This pedestrian path is best experienced on foot, in a small group, with a knowledgeable local guide! Your 2.5-hour loop tour travels from Boston Common to visit Underground Railroad sites, elite homes of "Boston Brahmins," and abolitionist landmarks such as the African Meeting House.
Our small-group walking tour delves deeply into the years 1833 to 1863, the tumultuous years leading toward Civil War. We walk in the footsteps of 19th-century Bostonians, all of whom grappled with the "peculiar institution" of racial enslavement in the U.S.
With a captivating storytelling approa...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Small Groups (16 guests max)
Black Heritage Trail (All 10 landmarks)
Beacon Hill Neighborhood
Gratuity for Guide (optional)
Admission inside Museums
Guides in Period Costume
Meeting Points
Departure
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
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
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial
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.
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.
10 minutes
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Boston Common
Oldest public land in the Americas and Boston's communal grazing pasture (1634)
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Acorn Street
Narrow cobblestone alleyways wind throughout historic Beacon Hill
10 minutes
4
Louisburg Square
Elegant neighborhood square from elite world of 19th-century "Boston Brahmins"
5
Phillips School
Built as a whites-only school in 1824, but among the first schools to integrate in Boston by 1855
10 minutes
6
John J Smith House
Home of leading abolitionist, state legislator, and former barber
10 minutes
7
Charles Street
Primary thoroughfare of Beacon Hill, lined with local shops and restaurants
8
Charles Street Meeting House
Historic meeting house (1807) and site of contentious debate over racial integration
15 minutes
9
John Coburn House
Home of African-American community activist and abolitionist
10
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House
Underground Railroad safe house owned by the Haydens, staunch abolitionists who were formerly enslaved
15 minutes
11
Otis House
1796 residence of Harrison Gray Otis, Boston mayor and nephew of revolutionary James Otis, Jr.
10 minutes
12
Old West Church
Historic 1806 church designed by noted architect Asher Benjamin
13
20 Hancock St
Home of outspoken abolitionist and U.S. Senator beaten unconscious in the Capitol over the issue of slavery in 1856.
14
Smith Court Residences
Homes of several African-American abolitionists, including historian William Cooper Nell
15
Abiel Smith School
Founded in 1835 as segregated school for Boston's African-American children
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African Meeting House
Cultural center of Boston's African-American community and oldest extant black church building in the U.S. (1806)
25 minutes
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5 Pinckney St
Oldest extant house in Beacon Hill (1787) was home to African-American Revolutionary War veteran
10 minutes
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Massachusetts State House
Massachusetts state capitol and "Hub of the Solar System" (1798)
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Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial
Our tour concludes beside the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial opposite 24 Beacon Street.
15 minutes
Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill
(154) Reviews
Beacon Hill
About
Boston's role in the fight to end legalized slavery is linked by the Black Heritage Trail in historic Beacon Hill. This pedestrian path is best experienced on foot, in a small group, with a knowledgeable local guide! Your 2.5-hour loop tour travels from Boston Common to visit Underground Railroad sites, elite homes of "Boston Brahmins," and abolitionist landmarks such as the African Meeting House.
Our small-group walking tour delves deeply into the years 1833 to 1863, the tumultuous years leading toward Civil War. We walk in the footsteps of 19th-century Bostonians, all of whom grappled with the "peculiar institution" of racial enslavement in the U.S.
With a captivating storytelling approa...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Small Groups (16 guests max)
Black Heritage Trail (All 10 landmarks)
Beacon Hill Neighborhood
Gratuity for Guide (optional)
Admission inside Museums
Guides in Period Costume
Meeting Points
Departure
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
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
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial
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.
