Black History Archives » Boston Made, Inc. https://bostonmade.com/tag/black-history/ Download our app and become a cherished member of the Boston Made+ family. Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:37:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://bostonmadeinc.com/brand-kit/fav/bostonmade/favicon-32.png?v=4 Black History Archives » Boston Made, Inc. https://bostonmade.com/tag/black-history/ 32 32 209049491 Boston and the Fight Against Slavery: The Abolitionist City https://bostonmade.com/boston-and-the-fight-against-slavery-the-abolitionist-city/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:37:00 +0000 https://bostonmade.com/boston-and-the-fight-against-slavery-the-abolitionist-city/ In the decades before the Civil War, Boston was a center of the antislavery movement. Here are the people, places and events that made it so.

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]]> 93718 Who Was Crispus Attucks? The Life and Legacy of the Boston Massacre’s First Victim https://bostonmade.com/who-was-crispus-attucks-the-life-and-legacy-of-the-boston-massacres-first-victim/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:08:00 +0000 https://bostonmade.com/who-was-crispus-attucks-the-life-and-legacy-of-the-boston-massacres-first-victim/ Crispus Attucks was the first man killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770. Here is what historians know about his life and how Boston has remembered him.

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]]> 93716 Inside the Museum of African American History: The African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School https://bostonmade.com/inside-the-museum-of-african-american-history-the-african-meeting-house-and-abiel-smith-school/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:30:00 +0000 https://bostonmade.com/inside-the-museum-of-african-american-history-the-african-meeting-house-and-abiel-smith-school/ Two buildings on Beacon Hill's Smith Court tell the story of Black Boston's churches, schools and abolitionist struggle. Here is what to know before you visit.

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]]> 93715 Walking the Black Heritage Trail on Beacon Hill, Stop by Stop https://bostonmade.com/walking-the-black-heritage-trail-on-beacon-hill-stop-by-stop/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:26:00 +0000 https://bostonmade.com/walking-the-black-heritage-trail-on-beacon-hill-stop-by-stop/ The Black Heritage Trail links homes, schools and churches of Boston's 19th-century free Black community. Here is a guide to the route and its stories.

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