An accidental discovery is shedding new light on a vital piece of American history.

Enslaved Africans with dreams of being free found safety in the heart of NYC. To the naked eye, the 4-story brick row house ...

“It’s a critical piece of the overall struggle for freedom and justice,” said one city councilmember ...

Hidden under a built-in dresser in a former home in the East Village is a narrow crawlspace, which historians have recently ...

A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.

The Merchant’s House Museum in NoHo has unveiled a hidden passage inside a seemingly ordinary piece of furniture. Museum ...

Many New Yorkers forget that we were part of the abolitionist movement, but this is physical evidence of what happened in the South [during] the Civil War.” ...

History has a way of silently hiding in the corners of a room before ...

Secret passageways, trap doors and hidden rooms were standard in some of your favorite mystery series – like "Scooby-Doo" or Nancy Drew. You probably saw them coming. But in real-life, you'd never ...