MAAP WHICH STANDS FOR " MAPPING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PAST " IS A NEW WEBSITE TELLING THE STORIES OF BLACK HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY. ONE COOL STORY IS OF THOMAS DOWNING, A FREE BLACK MAN WHO OWNED DOWNING'S OYSTER HOUSE AT 5 BROAD ST. HIS CUSTOMERS UPSTAIRS WERE WALL ST BARRONS. DOWNSTAIRS WAS PART OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD USED AS A HIDING PLACE FOR ESCAPED SLAVES, AND A PASSAGE WAY TO FREEDOM.
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