• The pulpit, floor, and pews in the African Meeting House, the center of the free African American community in antebellum Boston and birthplace of the Abolition Movement.

    Boston African American

    National Historic Site Massachusetts

Plan Your Visit

 

The links on this web page will help you get the most out of your visit to Boston African American National Historic Site.

Park Brochures

Boston African American NHS Park Brochure, Side 1

Boston African American NHS Park Brochure, Side 2


Did You Know?

Attorney John Rock

Abolitionist/ Doctor/ Lawyer John S. Rock called the North Slope of Beacon Hill home. Rock would become the first African American permitted to practice law in front of the Supreme Court in 1865.