Boston African American National Historic Site

In 1980, the United States Congress established Boston African National Historic Site (BOAF). The mission of BOAF, in partnership with Boston Museum of African American History (MAAH), is to preserve and interpret, for the benefit, education, and inspiration of the people of the United States, the historic structures and properties in Boston associated with the creation and development of a free African American Community on Beacon Hill that, in the face of tremendous opposition, mounted a resistance to the forces of slavery and segregation in the years leading up to and including the Civil War.