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Wood harvested by enslaved people is still in the USS Constitution today
The federal government used slave labor on public infrastructure projects. -
A historic church in Boston literally sits atop the bodies of enslavers
King's Chapel's crypt carries the names of wealthy church members, many of whom made their money from the slave trade. -
Old North Church's famous steeple was built with money from the slave trade
The church has developed new teaching materials to grapple with its ties to enslavement. -
King’s Chapel Burying Ground ignores the history of enslavers buried there
The church next door shares much of its congregants' roles in the slave trade. -
Next to John Hancock’s grave in Boston lies a 'servant' who was almost certainly enslaved
The Granary Burying Ground is host to some of the biggest names of the American Revolution. -
Boston's Old Corner Bookstore was originally an apothecary shop
Apothecaries had a close connection to the slave trade because boats crossing the Atlantic needed medicines to fight disease. -
Enslaved people repeatedly petitioned for freedom at Massachusetts' Old State House
The group asked to be “liberated and made free men of this community.” -
Black people were once banned from the Boston Common
There is almost no history of enslaved people in the nation's oldest public park, but we know they were there. -
Old South Meeting House was a church with enslavers and enslaved people as members
Enslaved people were only allowed to sit in the Boston church's highest gallery. -
Boston’s historic Park Street Church helped spark the national abolition movement
The church’s congregation was among the first to address anti-slavery on a national level.
