and they settled in Boston’s Black and abolitionist neighborhood of Beacon Hill determined to make a mark. Between 1850 and 1860, it’s estimated that Harriet sheltered hundreds of people ...

The trial of John Webster was best known in 1850 for its Boston Brahmin ties and its gruesome nature. By means of his charge to the jury, however, Judge Lemuel Shaw ensured that the trial ...

The term "Boston Brahmins" refers to a class of wealthy, educated, elite members of Boston society in the nineteenth century. Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term in a novel in 1861, calling ...