<p>There was a time that New York Harbor held half of the world's oysters and only one man had the restaurant you wanted to eat them at, it just happened to also be a stop on the Underground Railroad. It's time you learned about Thomas Downing, the man, the myth, the Oyster King. </p>

There was a time that New York Harbor held half of the world's oysters and only one man had the restaurant you wanted to eat them at, it just happened to also be a stop on the Underground Railroad. It's time you learned about Thomas Downing, the man, the myth, the Oyster King.

<p>There was a time that New York Harbor held half of the world's oysters and only one man had the restaurant you wanted to eat them at, it just happened to also be a stop on the Underground Railroad. It's time you learned about Thomas Downing, the man, the myth, the Oyster King.&nbsp;</p>

5. The Oyster King of New York

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