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LANDMARK WIN: Brooklyn Underground Railroad house saved


227 Abolitionist Place, Harriet Tubman statue in Harlem and Mama Joy Chatal
Bill Moore and Karen Carrillo photo
After 17 years of struggle and fighting, 227 Abolitionist Place (formerly Duffield Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, an historic site in the abolition of slavery, has been saved as it became a city landmark.
Just in time for Black History Month, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) recently designated the building an individual landmark. The row house belonged to Harriet Lee and Thomas Truesdell, who were active in abolitionist work before the Civil War.
The couple resided in the home from 1851 until 1863. It is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad for Blacks escaping slavery in the South in search of freedom in the North ––in places like upstate New Yok and Canada. Brooklyn at the time was known as a haven for freed Blacks and the abolitionist movement. The property remained in the Truesdell family u ....

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