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Abolitionist Place is a street in Downtown Brooklyn that was known for Underground Railroad activity. Joy Chatel was was the owner of 227 Duffield street in Brooklyn. 227 Duffield street is one of the houses that was part of the Underground railroad. Thomas and Harriet Truesdell bought the house at 227 Duffield street in 1850. They were known abolitionist. The house was built in the 1840s.

In 2007 Duffield Street was renamed Abolitionist Place. The block on Duffield street between Fulton and Willough was named Abolitionist Place to honor antislavery activists. The block was used to house and transport enslaved Africans along the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. On January 7, 2004, she was given a notice informing her that her home was going to be taken by eminent domain and demolished to build a parking lot. Joy along with others were told that 227 Duffield street was a part of the Underground Railroad.