Street at Arnold Arboretum renamed to honor enslaved woman - Harvard Gazette

In October, the city of Boston approved changing Bussey Street, named after merchant Benjamin Bussey, to Flora Way in honor of an enslaved woman who lived on an area estate in the 18th century.

Friedman said the Arboretum has been actively considering how best to acknowledge its past while looking to the future. 'We want to honor Benjamin Bussey for his philanthropy, because I feel personally that writing him completely out of history removes the historical context,' said Friedman of Bussey's complex legacy.

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