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Boston 1773: The Destruction of the Tea
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The Evolving Legacy of Crispus Attucks, 1770-1863
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Investigating Multiple Perspectives on the Boston Massacre
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Massachusetts Loyalists: Revolution and Exile
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Women and Nonimportation
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Opium Smugglers: Boston's Merchants and the China Trade, 1790-1850
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Emancipation in 18th century Massachusetts
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Transportation: Change and Continuity
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Revolutionary Abigail Adams
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Mapping Colonial Boston
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"A Great Public Nuisance": Boston's segregated schools in the mid-1800s
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Portraits of enslavement and freedom
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Witnessing the Siege of Boston
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Civil War Recruitment Posters
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Analyzing the Meaning and Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
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Women Debate the Right to Vote
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Anthony Burns and the Fugitive Slave Act
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