Boston Civil War & Abolitionists
Self-Guided Smartphone Tour
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Key Boston contributors to the Civil War
Learn how the city that ignited the American Revolution led the country in the fight to abolish slavery, amend the Constitution and save the Union. Hear the stories of ;
John Wilkes Booth John Brown John Coburn Susan & George Hillard
Harriet Tubman Wm Lloyd Garrison Daniel Webster Horace Mann
Boston Corbett Jefferson Davis Frederick Douglass Sergeant Wm. H. Carney
John Jewitt Sen Charles Sumner Hayden Lewis Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Rev Leonard Grimes The Secret Six Wm & Ellen Craft Louisa May Alcott
Paul Joseph Revere Edward H. Revere Wm C. Nell Harriet Beecher Stowe
All of the above were vital contributors to Boston's Civil War history.
Enjoy the neighborhoods of Boston during a 90 minute historic walk.
For more information, call Mitch Lapin @ 781-591-2955 or email walkbostonhistory@gmail.com
John Wilkes Booth John Brown John Coburn Susan & George Hillard
Harriet Tubman Wm Lloyd Garrison Daniel Webster Horace Mann
Boston Corbett Jefferson Davis Frederick Douglass Sergeant Wm. H. Carney
John Jewitt Sen Charles Sumner Hayden Lewis Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Rev Leonard Grimes The Secret Six Wm & Ellen Craft Louisa May Alcott
Paul Joseph Revere Edward H. Revere Wm C. Nell Harriet Beecher Stowe
All of the above were vital contributors to Boston's Civil War history.
Enjoy the neighborhoods of Boston during a 90 minute historic walk.
- The Abolitionists rush to war (while you tour the architecture of Beacon Hill)
- The Congressional compromises of 1820, 1850 and 1854 and the three fugitive slave riots that ensued
- The Old Corner Book Store
- Parker House infamous Hotel guests
- Tremont Temple; a witness to riots, emancipation and arson
- The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
- Boston Common
- The military history of the 6th, 9th, 20th and 28th, 54th, 55th and 5th Horse regiments
- Paul Joseph Revere and Edward Hutchinson Robbins Revere grandsons of the famous express rider
- The "dark side" of Beacon Hill
- Holmes Alleyway on the Underground Railroad
- Park Street Church
- Louisburg Square and the home of Louisa May Alcott
For more information, call Mitch Lapin @ 781-591-2955 or email walkbostonhistory@gmail.com
Tours begin in front of of Faneuil Hall at 4 S. Market St, Boston, Mass. and finish 1.3 miles, 90 minutes later at the Boston Common.