Today in the Arts section of the N.Y.Times (10/12/07), writer John Strasbough is "On the Trail of Brooklyn's Underground Railroad."He begins: "Last month the City of New York gave Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn an alternate name: Abolitionist Place. It’s an acknowledgment that long before Brooklyn was veined with subway lines, it was a hub of the Underground Railroad: the network of sympathizers and safe houses throughout the North that helped as many as 100,000 slaves flee the South before the Civil War." The article details that history and current efforts to claim it. It is accompanied by a map and a downloadable audio tour of "The Freedom Trails of Brooklyn."

"On the Trail of Brooklyn's Underground Railroad"

   

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