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After Landmarking Effort, City Buys Brooklyn House With Ties To Underground Railroad
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The city has paid $3.2 million to acquire a Brooklyn house linked to the abolitionist movement, in a fitting plot twist that caps a nearly two decade-long battle centered on the preservation of Black history in New York City.
The three-story house at 227 Duffield Street was once owned by Harriet and Thomas Truesdell, two prominent 19th century abolitionists. Over the years, experts have made the case that 227 Duffield served as a stop for the Underground Railroad.
Brooklyn Paper first reported the sale last week. During a press conference on Monday, First Lady Chirlane McCray announced the city s purchase.
A 4-story building in Downtown Brooklyn vital to the antislavery movement has survived two major brushes with death. One was in 2007, when the city backed off a plan to seize the building, at 227 Duffield St., through eminent domain to create a park. The other was this month, when officials…