George deBaptiste House
A historic site in Detroit, Michigan, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, George deBaptiste House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.
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Is George deBaptiste House haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
DeBaptiste is the barber — the 'freeborn Virginia' that's the '15, the 'Madison '38' that's the ran out by riots. The '$500 bond' is the challenged — the 'won his case' that's the law still stood, the 'Harrison's valet' that's the White House steward for 32 days. The 'T. Whitney' is the steamer — the 'bought his own' that's the ferried the river, the '180' that's the Madison count before Detroit.
The 'Mysteries' is the secret — the 'Order of the Men of Oppression' that's the founded, the 'Colored Vigilant Committee' that's the organized Detroit. The 'Douglass-Brown' is the meeting — the 'March '59' that's the Harpers Ferry talked, the 'Colored Regiment' that's the recruited '63. DeBaptiste is the marker — the 'Larned and Beaubien' that's the '75 bronze, the 'cancer' that's the ended it.
The file keeps DeBaptiste: the White House steward, the steamer owner, the Mysteries, and the 180 led.
DeBaptiste House is the archive's Michigan file — the entrepreneur conductor.
Why this file matters
DeBaptiste House is the archive's Michigan file — the Black network's CEO.
A homesite keeps its steamer — the file's suggestion being that DeBaptiste's hold is the capitalized: the 'T. Whitney' that's the owned the crossing, the 'riot-driven' that's the Madison to Detroit, and the 'Mysteries' that's the secret society of the free.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Detroit house—where the Black businessman ran the route.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 14MI05, source row 291. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceGeorge deBaptiste House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. George deBaptiste House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceDeBaptiste’s work is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 14MI05, source row 291. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.