New York's newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat
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A passageway, believed to have been used as part of the Underground Railroad, is hidden in the base of a dresser inside the Merchants House Museum in New York on Feb. 19, 2026. (Max Touhey/Merchant's House Museum via AP)A passageway, believed to have been used as part of the Underground Railroad, is hidden in the base of a dresser inside the Merchants House Museum in New York on Feb. 19, 2026. (Max Touhey/Merchant's House Museum via AP)A passageway, believed to have been used as part of the Underground Railroad, is hidden in the base of a dresser inside the Merchants House Museum in New York on Feb. 19, 2026. (Max Touhey/Merchant's House Museum via AP)FILE - The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks ahead of the 61st Bloody Sunday Anniversary march, March 8, 2026, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)FILE - A bronze statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman is seen at the Maryland State House, Feb. 10, 2020, in Annapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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A passageway, believed to have been used as part of the Underground Railroad, is hidden in the base of a dresser inside the Merchants House Museum in New York on Feb. 19, 2026. (Max Touhey/Merchant's House Museum via AP)