Graves et al. State of Indiana Historical Marker
A historic site in Deputy, Indiana, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Graves et al. State of Indiana Historical Marker is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Graves et al. State of Indiana Historical Marker 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
Graves is the reversed — the '1847 Bristol' that's the three Kentuckians, the 'Thomas Harris' that's the freed by the justice. The 'riot' is the charge — the 'Elkhart convicted' that's the '48, the 'Prigg' that's the '49 reversal. The 'no new trial' is the ended — the 'federal supremacy' that's the won on paper, the 'Harris gone' that's the real verdict.
The 'Judson's door' is the broken — the 'neighbors' that's the defended, the 'warrant' that's the never obtained. The '1850 Act' is the consequence — the 'federal enforcement' that's the Congress answered, the 'four miles' that's the from Michigan line. Graves is the countersuit — the 'local court' that's the tried to resist, the 'Supreme Court' that's the slapped it down.
The file keeps Graves: the Bristol raid, the riot conviction, the Prigg reversal, and the vanished Harris.
Graves Marker is the archive's Indiana file — the law's seesaw.
Why this file matters
Graves Marker is the archive's Indiana file — the catchers convicted, then freed.
A marker keeps its reversal — the file's suggestion being that Graves' hold is the legal: the 'riot' that's the charged the hunters, the 'Prigg' that's the freed them, and the 'Harris' that's the won anyway.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Graves marker—where the escape is remembered.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 28IN01, source row 500. 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.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceGraves et al. State of Indiana Historical Marker is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Graves et al. State of Indiana Historical Marker'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 detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe marker is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. 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 date is part of the site's documented spine. The lore keeps its witness.
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 28IN01, source row 500. 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.