Last Friday,we had a Black Heritage Trail for our exporing America.Everyone was to be a guide for each scene in our trail.
The Black Heritage Trail is a path in Boston,winding through the Beacon Hill neighborhood and sites important in American black history. I was in charge of introducing the Smith Court Residences.
The five residential structures on Smith Court are typical of the homes occupied by black Bostonians in the 19th century. Number 3 was built in 1799 by two white bricklayers. It was a double house with a common entryway. Black families began renting here between 1825 and 1830. In 1865, it was purchased by black clothier James Scott. William C. Nell boarded here from 1851 to 1865. Nell was America's first published black historian, a community activist and leader in the struggle to integrate Boston's public schools before the Civil War.
Expect the place I had to introduce, there are also other places like the first school for black people .
It was really a long trail especially under the serious sunshine. I felt I was like a pig in the oven. However, this trip is also really meaningful.
