New interactive map of Boston's Freedom Trail adds info about slavery during the colonial period in Massachusetts
New interactive map of Boston's Freedom Trail adds info about slavery during the colonial period in Massachusetts
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GBH News Exposes Freedom Trail’s Hidden History
The Freedom Trail that winds through the sidewalks of downtown Boston connects 17 historic sites tied to the city’s colonial history as the incubator of the American Revolution. But the nearly 4 milli...
WGBH (a public news service based in Boston) collaborated with journalism students from Boston University to produce the interactive map, which provides additional information about slavery that is not present for visitors when they tour the Freedom Trail. At the end of the article a link to the interactive map is provided. Or, you can just skip the article and visit it now.