A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.

A hidden passageway at Manhattan’s Merchant’s House Museum may be New York City’s earliest Underground Railroad site.

“It’s a critical piece of the overall struggle for freedom and justice,” said one city councilmember ...

For the first time in over a century, historians say a new stop on the Underground Railroad has been discovered, fully intact ...

The Merchant’s House Museum in NoHo has unveiled a hidden passage inside a seemingly ordinary piece of furniture. Museum ...

The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway to freedom for enslaved people escaping north, through woods, tunnels, private ...

The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan. It was built on East 4th Street by Joseph Brewster, a ...

A previously unknown site connected to the Underground Railroad was discovered in Manhattan this week. The Merchant's House ...

Small opening cut into floor at Merchant’s House Museum indicates site was probably used as ‘safe house’, experts say ...

A living piece of Black history has been newly uncovered at a historic New York City institution. A portion of the ...

The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway to freedom for enslaved people escaping north, through woods, tunnels, private ...

The secret passageway linked by a hidden dresser in the historic residence dates back to the 1830s.