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Pathway · Abolitionist Boston

The Other Revolution

The first revolution wrote that all men are created equal. This one spent a century making it true. Walk the Black Heritage Trail through the city that became the capital of American abolition.

Stops
6
Distance
0.8 mi
On foot
15 min walking
From
African Meeting House → Shaw / 54th Regiment Memorial
  1. 1
    African Meeting House
    Building / Landmark · 1806

    African Meeting House

    The oldest Black church building in America, and abolition’s organizing hall.

  2. 7 min walk on
    2
    William Lloyd Garrison
    Person · 1805

    William Lloyd Garrison

    The printer who made Boston the movement’s capital.

  3. 1 min walk on
    3
    Historical event · 1831

    The Liberator First Published (1831)

    ‘I will be heard.’ — the paper that ran until slavery died.

  4. 6 min walk on
    4
    Park Street Church
    Building / Landmark · 1809

    Park Street Church

    Where Garrison gave his first anti-slavery address, July 4, 1829.

  5. 2 min walk on
    5
    Historical event · 1863

    The 54th Marches Out (1863)

    The North’s first Black regiment marched down Beacon Street to war.

  6. 1 min walk on
    6
    Shaw / 54th Regiment Memorial
    Building / Landmark · 1897

    Shaw / 54th Regiment Memorial

    Saint-Gaudens fixed that march in bronze, 34 years later.