Place

Site of Maria Bell's House

Exterior of a brick building with a black door and an apartment callbox to the right.
Site of abolitionist Maria Bell's home.

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Quick Facts
Location:
80 Phillips Street
Significance:
Underground Railroad site
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
MANAGED BY:
Private Residence

In August 1860, the Boston Vigilance Committee reimbursed Mrs. Maria Bell for boarding a fugitive identified only as “Mrs. Alexander” at her home at 80 Southac (now Phillips) Street.1

Selection of Vigilance Committee Records that lists Maria Bell.

The Account Book of Francis Jackson, Treasurer The Vigilance Committee of Boston lists Maria Bell (bottom line) as assisting Mrs. Alexander. (Credit: Dr. Irving H. Bartlett Collection, 1830-1880)

Footnotes

  1. Kathryn Grover and Janine V. Da Silva, "Historic Resource Study: Boston African American National Historic Site," Boston African American National Historic Site, (2002), 54.

Boston African American National Historic Site

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Last updated: January 8, 2023