Day: May 6, 2013

Front facade of Houghton Library

What’s New: “Boston’s Crusade Against Slavery” exhibition opens

During the Civil War era Boston led the national crusade against slavery and the struggle over emancipation and citizenship. Owing largely to activists in Boston, Massachusetts became one of the first states to end slavery. It soon granted black men full suffrage, ended the ban on interracial marriage, and in 1855 became the first state…