31 Days of Boston — Day 25 The 1854 arrest of Anthony Burns transformed Boston into a fortified stage for America’s escalating conflict over slavery. In 1854, Anthony Burns, a young man who had escaped slavery in Virginia, was arrested in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act. The case electrified the city. Abolitionists organized resistance. An attempt to free Burns…

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31 Days of Boston — Day 15 Paul Revere was far more than a rider: he was a silversmith, engraver, businessman, messenger, networker, and master of revolutionary communication. Paul Revere’s midnight ride became so famous that it can obscure the more interesting man behind the legend. Revere was a working Boston artisan and entrepreneur. He made silver, engraved images, participated…

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31 Days of Boston — Day 5 The brutal 1675–1676 conflict transformed Native and colonial New England and left scars that shaped Boston’s future. In 1675, violence erupted across New England in a war remembered by English colonists as King Philip’s War, after the English name given to the Wampanoag leader Metacom. The conflict was rooted in decades of colonial…

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