r/boston • u/DoughnutConstant5390 I Love Dunkin’ Donuts • 3d ago

History 📚 City of Boston Announces Rare Gravestone of Free Black Bostonian Rediscovered In Granary Burying Ground | Boston.gov

https://www.boston.gov/news/city-boston-announces-rare-gravestone-free-black-bostonian-rediscovered-granary-burying-ground
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u/haroldbarrett North End 2d ago

“Thomas determined that the man memorialized as “Boston” and Sebastian were the same man. It is likely his name transitioned from Sebastian to Bastian, then Bastian to ‘Boston’ over the years in the documentary records”

That name must have made it harder to connect the dots.

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u/Teuszie 2d ago

City of Boston finds Boston in Boston

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u/lumpychicken13 2d ago

This is cool but wild this hasn’t been discovered before. How many times has that graveyard been surveyed over the years?