Boston African Meeting House-39' (Boston South) (42.3600974, -71.0658845)
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Description:
From GNIS:
- This is the oldest black church building still standing in the US. It was completed in 1806 and dedicated in December of the same year. It was constructed entirely by black labor. The house was used as a school beginning in 1808 and it also became a place for celebrations and political and antislavery meetings. It was remodeled in the 1850's by the black community and then again at the end of the 19th century when the building was sold to a Jewish congregation for use as a synagogue
- Rushing, Byron & Staff of the Museum of Afro-American History. Black Heritage Trail. National Park Service. A brochure which describes the trail which explores the history of Boston's 19th century black community.
- Also Called:
- Black Faneuil Hall-Insight Guide: Boston. Maspeth, New York: Langenscheidt, 2000.
- Museum of African-American History: Kaufman, Polly Welts, et al. Boston Women's Heritage Trail: Four Centuries of Boston Women. Gloucester, Massachusetts: The Curious Traveller Press, 1991.
Trips:
- October 16, 2018-Boston Common, Boston African Heritage Trail
- Museum of African American History
- National park Service
- Wikipedia
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
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