"Incredible discovery: This dresser in NYC was part of the Underground Railroad"

[artemisia1]

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. That's pretty cool 😎👍

[Deuxcents]

2. How did they get down a 2x2 hole to an unknown location? Freedom is a powerful incentive

[bamagal62]

3. Fascinating.

[electric_blue68]

4. TY. This came up in my Google feed yesterday!....

What a discovery!

I remember when I lived in Brooklyn hearing about some discovered (obviously) secret hiding spots in homes for the Underground Railroad.

[malaise]

5. Wonderful

Thank you

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[phylny]

6. Very cool.

Family legend had it that my husband's aunt and uncle's house in Franklin, VA was part of the Underground Railroad, but I don't think there's any proof, as it were.