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Boston: Underground Railway History Tour of Beacon Hill

By Hub Town Tours
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is S$45 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
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  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Boston's role in the fight to end legalised 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 Railway 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 towards Civil War. We walk in the footsteps of 19th-century Bostonians, all of whom grappled with the “peculiar institution” of racial enslavement in the US

With a captivating storytelling approach, Hub Town Tours provides the perfect introduction to Boston's role in America's “Second Revolution.” As we travel past landmarks from Civil War Boston, your guide shares the gripping storey of local Bostonians finding their voices and demanding an end to injustice across their young nation.

Activity location
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument
    • 139 Tremont Street
    • 02109, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument
    • 139 Tremont Street
    • 02109, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Beacon Hill – Small Group
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 13:30
Price details
S$45.12 x 1 AdultS$45.12
Total
Price is S$45.12
Until Thu, 18 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Small Groups (16 guests max)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Black Heritage Trail (All 10 landmarks)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Beacon Hill Area
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge for Guide (optional)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Admission inside Museums
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Guides in Period Costume

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not recommended for travellers who have difficulty standing for extended periods

Activity itinerary

Soldiers and Sailors Monument
  • 10m
Meet your guide at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the centre of Boston Common, steps from the Boston Common Visitors Centre 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.
Boston Common (Pass by)
Oldest public land in the Americas and Boston's communal grazing pasture (1634)
Acorn Street
  • 10m
Narrow cobblestone alleyways wind throughout historic Beacon Hill
Louisburg Square (Pass by)
Elegant area square from elite world of 19th-century "Boston Brahmins"
Phillips School
  • 10m
Built as a whites-only school in 1824, but among the first schools to integrate in Boston by 1855
John J Smith House
  • 10m
Home of leading abolitionist, state legislator, and former barber
Charles Street (Pass by)
Primary thoroughfare of Beacon Hill, lined with local shops and restaurants
Charles Street Meeting House
  • 15m
Historic meeting house (1807) and site of contentious debate over racial integration
John Coburn House (Pass by)
Home of African-American community activist and abolitionist
66 Phillips St
  • 15m
Underground Railway safe house owned by the Haydens, staunch abolitionists who were formerly enslaved
Otis House
  • 10m
1796 residence of Harrison Grey Otis, Boston mayor and nephew of revolutionary James Otis, Jr.
Old West Church (Pass by)
Historic 1806 church designed by noted architect Asher Benjamin
20 Hancock St (Pass by)
Home of outspoken abolitionist and US Senator beaten unconscious in the Capitol over the issue of slavery in 1856.
Smith Court Residences (Pass by)
Homes of several African-American abolitionists, including historian William Cooper Nell
Abiel Smith School (Pass by)
Founded in 1835 as segregated school for Boston's African-American children
African Meeting House
  • 25m
  • Admission ticket included
Cultural centre of Boston's African-American community and oldest extant black church building in the US (1806)
5 Pinckney St
  • 10m
Oldest extant house in Beacon Hill (1787) was home to African-American Revolutionary War veteran
Massachusetts State House (Pass by)
Massachusetts state capitol and "Hub of the Solar System" (1798)
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial
  • 15m
Our tour concludes beside the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial opposite 24 Beacon Street.

Location

Activity location
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    Soldiers and Sailors Monument
    • 139 Tremont Street
    • 02109, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument
    • 139 Tremont Street
    • 02109, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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