{"id":3669,"slug":"caroline-county-courthouse-and-jail-denton-maryland","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Denton is the square — the 'slave market' that's the shadow of justice, the 'auction' that's the courthouse steps. The 'Hazlett' is the Irishman — the 'seven guided' that's the '58, the '44 years' that's the sentenced. The 'Kiah Bowley' is the niece — the 'Tubman's' that's the kin, the 'auction block' that's the '50.","The 'Potter' is the kidnapped — the 'free youth' that's the smuggled, the 'celebrated return' that's the '53. The 'steamboat' is the Cambridge — the 'angry mob' that's the greeted, the 'jail' that's the held conductors. Denton is the reconstructed — the 'shadow' that's the remembered, the 'Byway' that's the Tubman route.","The file keeps Denton: the auction square, Hazlett's 44 years, Kiah Bowley's block, and Potter's return.","Caroline Courthouse is the archive's Maryland file — the justice's shadow."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Caroline Courthouse is the archive's Maryland file — the sold under law.","A courthouse keeps its square — the file's suggestion being that Denton's hold is the inverted: the 'justice' that's the auctioned people, the 'Hazlett' that's the 44 years for helping, and the 'Potter' that's the kidnapped free."]}],"name":"Caroline County Courthouse and Jail","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD","PRISON","LEGAL"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"The courthouse—where the Choptank fugitives were held.","full_desc":"A historic site in Denton, Maryland, an NPS Network to Freedom, Caroline County Courthouse and Jail is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The courthouse—where the Choptank fugitives were held. The archive files it under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Denton","county":null,"state":"Maryland","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":38.879421,"lon":-75.824452,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"NPS Network to Freedom","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":67.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Caroline County Courthouse and Jail's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Caroline County Courthouse and Jail is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Caroline County Courthouse and Jail's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic site; verify hours and access with the managing agency before visiting; check nps.gov for current hours and alerts.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Underground Railroad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}