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Experts believe hidden tunnel in New York museum was used as 'safe house' by slaves during Civil War

A historic Manhattan home that's long been a window into 19th-century New York life has revealed an unexpected secret. It turns out the Merchant's House Museum, a preserved landmark in the NoHo ...
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Hidden safe house used in Underground Railroad discovered in NYC landmarked museum

A hidden safe house once used by the Underground Railroad has been discovered within a famed NYC landmark museum. Inside the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan, visitors to the Empire State would ...