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Skating Rink
Building opened on Tremont, near Lenox street, Sep., 1868
Building on Tremont street fell, one man killed, Dec., 1868
Building converted into a market, 1870
Occupied as a horse-ear stable, 1880
Several roller-skating, coming in fashion, 1880
Skedaddle
became an army by-word of significance, 1862
Skeleton, Living
Calvin Edson, on exhibition, Dec., 1831
Slaughter Houses
said to be a nuisance in town, 1693
Robert Hughes, had one on Pleasant street, 1783
Abattoir, an appendage to Brighton Market, 1880
Slaves
still bought and sold in
Massachusetts, 1767
Said to be two thousand held in
Boston, 1779
Freed in
Massachusetts, by
Bill of Rights, Oct. 25, 1780
English Emancipation Anniversary, July 15, 1813
Excitement in
Boston harbor (slave-catchers), Aug. 1, 1836
Catchers,
Hughes and Knights in limbo, Oct. 16, 1850
Shadrac, a fugitive, arrested and escaped, Feb. 5, 1851
Thomas Semmes arrested, a nine days sensation, Apr. 3, 1851
Anthony Burns arrested, a nine days sensation, May 26, 1854
Emancipation throughout the
United States proclaimed, Jan. 1, 1863
Sleighs
carrying sixty-two persons, come in use, Feb., 1846
Smokers
in the streets on Sundays, arrested and fined, April, 1822
In the streets on week-days, arrested and fined, Oct., 1829
In the streets, vigorously prosecuted, June, 1848
