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Black heritage trail

by: Boston African American National Historic Site (Boston, Mass.)

Publication date: 1981

Topics: African Americans, Historic sites, Blacks, Walking Tours

Collection: bplgovdocs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana; additional_collections

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

...a description of 14 sites of historic importance to Boston's Black population; describes a walking tour of downtown Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood; includes the following: African Meeting House, Smith Court residences, Abiel Smith School, George Middleton house, Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial, the Phillips School, John J. Smith house, Charles Meeting House, Lewis and Harriet Hayden House and Coburn's Gaming House; includes a table showing Boston's Black Population from 1820 through 1890 in numbers and as a percentage of the total; a map shows the location of each site; this item was in the BRA collection..