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A map of the Black Heritage Trail, a 1.6 mile trail within the Boston African American National Heritage Site that contains key landmarks and structures dating back to the presence of Boston's free African American community on Beacon Hill in the…

A map of the Black Heritage Trail, a 1.6 mile trail within the Boston African American National Heritage Site that contains key landmarks and structures dating back to the presence of Boston's free African American community on Beacon Hill in the…

The residential streets of Beacon Hill possess a generally peaceful and calm ambience, lined with beautiful brick row houses, black gas lamps, and towering trees of bright green foliage.

The residential streets of Beacon Hill possess a generally peaceful and calm ambience, lined with beautiful brick row houses, black gas lamps, and towering trees of bright green foliage.

The Museum of African American History was once the Abiel Smith School, the first black public school that replaced the school in the basement of the African Meeting House. The school remained Boston's black public school until public schools were…

The past home of John J. Smith (1820-1906), who was a leading abolitionist and recruiting officer for the all-black 5th Cavalry in the Civil War. He also served on the Massachusetts House of Representatives for three terms.