Last friday, it was extremely hot that day, i even felt that i was able to melt. It was really a long trip during that day, it took us 3 hours to finish so-called "black heritage trip", we all gave presentations during this trip. Although it was really tough for us to finish this trip, we all thought it was worthy. After this trip, we all learned a lot from African American history.
Most of the african americans who lived in the city lived in the West at that time, Boston was one of the last city that African Americans moved to here. Massachusetts was one of the turning point in the whole African American history. At the end of the American Revolution, there was much more free black people than slaves, furthermore, Massachusetts was the only state of America in the Union to record no slaves when first federal census was enumerated.
We walked down many streets, finally i arrived the place where i gave my presentation, that is "George Middleton house" . This house was built in 1797, this is the oldest extant home built by African American on Beacon Hill. Its original owners were George Middleton, it is kinda significative. Also, my favorite sight during this trip was the Phillips School. This architecture is typical of 19th century, and this school was originally open only to white children, this school was moved once before. Then black children who lived in the neighborhood had to attend to this school, under this circumstance, the Phillips School became one of Boston's first interracial school. It broke the barrier between white students and black students.
This trip was impressive and i earned a lot from this trip, again, fantastic trip.!
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