Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace. Riots and protests had been instrumental in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. Street protests continued ...

When Dr. George Parkman was first reported missing, Boston Marshal Francis Tukey and his police force began an investigation in the neighborhoods of the city's poor immigrants. Boston's ...

Nearly one week after delivering a politically defiant and nationally attention-grabbing speech at home in Boston, and three weeks after a contentious hearing on “sanctuary cities” in Washington, D.C.