Join Boston By Foot to explore the narrow streets, cul-de-sacs, and alley ways of the North Slope of Beacon Hill. This colonial port district with an unsavory reputation evolved to become a significant force in the abolitionist movement, an important station on the Underground Railroad, and home to many immigrant families.
This tour will explain the connections shared by William C. Nell and Charles Sumner have with Anglicans and Eastern European Jews. In earlier days the North Slope was more part of the West End and its residents were laborers on the Hill's South Slope who preferred to live affordably nearby.
Come explore the North Slope's different story - one of an integrated working-class community, the 19th-century free black community, the early struggle to integrate schools, resident activists and reformers, the 20th-century arrival of other immigrant populations, eclectic architecture, and finally, 21st-century development.
Tour costs $15. Purchase your tickets in advance online at http://www.bostonbyfoot.org/tours/North_Slope or just show up that day with cash and purchase from the guides.
