Boston: Underground Railroad History Tour of Beacon Hill

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based on 145 reviews
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Free Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Duration

2.5 hours

Wheelchair accessible
Audio guide
Live guide
  • 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
  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers

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,...

  • Duration 2 Hours and 30 Minutes
  • Group Tour
  • Max 16 people in the group
  • 1

    Tremont Street

    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...

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 2

    Boston Common

    Oldest public land in the Americas and Boston's communal grazing pasture (1634)

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 3

    Acorn Street

    Narrow cobblestone alleyways wind throughout historic Beacon Hill

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 4

    Louisburg Square

    Elegant neighborhood square from elite world of 19th-century "Boston Brahmins"

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 5

    Anderson Street

    Built as a whites-only school in 1824, but among the first schools to integrate in Boston by 1855

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 6

    Pinckney Street

    Home of leading abolitionist, state legislator, and former barber

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 7

    Charles Street

    Primary thoroughfare of Beacon Hill, lined with local shops and restaurants

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 8

    Charles Street

    Historic meeting house (1807) and site of contentious debate over racial integration

    • Duration 15 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 9

    Phillips Street

    Home of African-American community activist and abolitionist

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 10

    Phillips Street

    Underground Railroad safe house owned by the Haydens, staunch abolitionists who were formerly enslaved

    • Duration 15 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 11

    Otis House

    1796 residence of Harrison Gray Otis, Boston mayor and nephew of revolutionary James Otis, Jr.

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 12

    Old West Church

    Historic 1806 church designed by noted architect Asher Benjamin

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 13

    Hancock Street

    Home of outspoken abolitionist and U.S. Senator beaten unconscious in the Capitol over the issue of slavery in 1856.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 14

    Joy Street

    Homes of several African-American abolitionists, including historian William Cooper Nell

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 15

    Joy Street

    Founded in 1835 as segregated school for Boston's African-American children

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 16

    Smith Court

    Cultural center of Boston's African-American community and oldest extant black church building in the U.S. (1806)

    • Duration 25 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Included
  • 17

    Pinckney Street

    Oldest extant house in Beacon Hill (1787) was home to African-American Revolutionary War veteran

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 18

    Massachusetts State House

    Massachusetts state capitol and "Hub of the Solar System" (1798)

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 19

    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.

    • Duration 15 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required

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