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In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad

东村的隐秘通道:通往地下铁路的秘密通道

Hidden under a built-in dresser in a former home in the East Village is a narrow crawlspace, which historians have recently linked to the Underground Railroad.

Hidden under a built-in dresser in a former home in the East Village is a narrow crawlspace, which historians have recently linked to the Underground Railroad.

2026-02-15  1240  困难
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Researchers at the Merchant’s House Museum, which preserves the historic rowhouse, believe that Mr. Brewster, a hatter and merchant who owned the house until 1835, intentionally built a passage to help enslaved people on their way north to as far as Canada.

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