{"id":3672,"slug":"denton-steamboat-wharf-site-choptank-river-denton-maryland","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Denton wharf is the '58 — the 'steamer Kent' that's the boarded, the 'Hazlett' that's the chained aboard. The 'seven' is the re-enslaved — the 'captured' that's the returned to Cambridge, the '44 years' that's the conductor's price. The 'Choptank' is the barrier — the 'wide and deep' that's the had to cross, the 'steamboats' that's the hid aboard.","The 'mob' is the met — the 'angry' that's the Cambridge dock, the 'trial' that's the downriver. The 'Bailey' is the rowed — the 'six miles' that's the night, the 'Tubman' that's the met at Poplar Neck. Denton wharf is the worked — the 'enslaved shipwrights' that's the built the boats, the 'river' that's the two-way door.","The file keeps Denton wharf: the Kent boarding, the seven returned, the Hazlett sentence, and the Choptank barrier.","Denton Steamboat Wharf is the archive's Maryland file — the river that held both ways."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Denton Steamboat Wharf is the archive's Maryland file — the departure point.","A wharf keeps its tide — the file's suggestion being that Denton's hold is the boarded: the 'Kent' that's the carried captives back, the 'mob' that's the waited downriver, and the 'Bailey' that's the rowed the other way."]}],"name":"Denton Steamboat Wharf Site, Choptank River","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","MARITIME","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"The Denton wharf—where the steamboats carried the escapes.","full_desc":"Denton Steamboat Wharf Site, Choptank River is a historic site in Denton, Maryland, an NPS Network to Freedom. The Denton wharf—where the steamboats carried the escapes. The archive files it under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. 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. Denton Steamboat Wharf Site, Choptank River's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","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":"Denton Steamboat Wharf Site, Choptank River is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Denton Steamboat Wharf Site, Choptank River's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","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}}