EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe second floor, which has not yet been restored, with back stairs thought to lead to living quarters for servants and enslaved people, at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 9, 2023. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)