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The Freedom Trail that winds through the sidewalks of downtown Boston connects 17 historic sites tied to the city’s colonial history as the incubator of the American Revolution. But the nearly 4 million annual visitors who walk the 2.5-mile path rarely hear the story of slavery, which touched nearly every aspect of Massachusetts' society and economy during that time.