This Chadds Ford estate had a concealed room in its carriage house to harbor fugitive slaves.
While many areas in different states are home to Underground Railroad locations, Chester County boasts an especially large number of preserved sites with documented history, writes Kimberly Haas for Hidden City Philadelphia.
Several stops were in Kennett Square, including the Pines, the home of Bartholomew Fussell, who was one of the original signers of the American Anti-Slavery Society’s “Declaration of Sentiments” in 1833…