Abolitionist Place In the News

2023

ABC7 New York, Archives reveal names of formerly enslaved people of Lefferts House

Brooklyn Paper,
Long-awaited Abolitionist Place Park takes shape in Downtown Brooklyn

2022
Brownstoner, What’s Next for the Landmarked House at 227 Abolitionist Place-Duffield Street?

2021
CNN, New York City buys a historic home believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad

Gothamist, After Landmarking Effort, City Buys Brooklyn House With Ties To Underground Railroad

The Indypendent, Preserving Black History at 227 Abolitionist Place

6sqft, New York City buys Downtown Brooklyn’s abolitionist rowhouse for $3.2M

Brooklyn Paper, City buys Downtown Brooklyn abolitionist house after landmarking

ABC News 7, NYC home believed to be part of Underground Railroad designated historical landmark

New York Times, Home of Brooklyn Abolitionists Receives Landmark Status

Untapped New York, On Abolitionist Place 227 Duffield Street is Finally Landmarked

Amsterdam News, LANDMARK WIN: Brooklyn Underground Railroad house saved

2020
ABC 7, Local activists are fighting to save a property in Brooklyn that served as a stop on The Underground Railroad

ABC 7, Activists fight to save Brooklyn home believed to be part of Underground Railroad

Eyewitness News ABC 7, Brooklyn building believed to be part of Underground Railroad

Park Slope Reader, The Protests Heard Around the World, Part One

Park Slope Reader, The Battle for 227 Abolitionist Place, Part Two

2019
Brklyner, 11th Hour Plea To Stop Demo Of ‘Abolitionist Place’ House

Untapped New York, Underground Railroad Building in Downtown Brooklyn At Risk of Demolition

NY1, Activists Fight for House in Brooklyn They Believe Was Used for the Underground Railroad

AMNY, Demolishing abolitionist home would ‘erase’ history, Brooklyn activists say

Gothamist, A Historic Brooklyn House With Ties To Underground Railroad Faces Demolition

Curbed New York, Downtown Brooklyn house with abolitionist movement ties faces demolition

News 12 Brooklyn, Activists, elected officials work to save historical building

2017
Atlas Obscura, Abolitionist Place

2015
Newsweek, New York City Would Really Rather Not Talk About Its Slavery-Loving Past

2007
Brooklyn Paper, Joy on Duffield: Deal saves ‘Underground Railroad’ home

New York Times, On the Trail of Brooklyn’s Underground Railroad

Brooklyn Rail, The Case Of The Duffield Street Homes