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A Stop On The Underground Railroad Has Been Discovered Hidden Inside New York’s Historic Merchant’s House

A tiny secret passage in the Merchant's House Museum, an 1832 rowhouse in Manhattan's East Village, has been linked to the ...
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New Underground Railroad stop discovered at Merchant’s House Museum in Manhattan

A previously unknown site connected to the Underground Railroad was discovered in Manhattan this week. The Merchant's House ...
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Secret 15-foot underground railroad reveals Manhattan’s oldest anti-slavery safe house

History has a way of silently hiding in the corners of a room before ...

Part of Underground Railroad found in closet of New York City museum

The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway to freedom for enslaved people escaping north, through woods, tunnels, private homes, under floorboards, inside churches and even hidden beneath wagons.