Historians Discover First Hidden Underground Railroad Site in Over A Century

For the first time in more than a century, a previously unknown Underground Railroad hiding spot was discovered inside a landmark 1832 home in Manhattan.

It was hidden behind a built-in chest of drawers on the second floor of the Merchant’s House Museum. A rectangular opening was cut into the floorboards. The opening is tiny. Just two feet by two feet that leads to a narrow passageway that drops 15 feet to the ground floor. That’s it. That’s the space someone had to squeeze through in complete