Jacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend
Jacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend is a historic site in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Jacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend 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
Cummings' escape is the paddled — the 'Indian canoe' that's the '39 morning, the 'Williams Island' that's the first stop. The 'half-mile swim' is the crossed — the 'clothes on head' that's the bundle tied, the 'never swam easier' that's the freedom's ease. The 'Leonard's map' is the given — the 'grocer abolitionist' that's the route showed, the '11 o'clock' that's the start told.
The 'whipped' is the fled — the '150-200 lashes' that's the Smith's cruelty, the 'salt on back' that's the punishment's detail. The 'agent became' is the turned — the 'Canada reached' that's the freedom won, the 'UGRR agent' that's the network joined. Cummings' is the returned — the 'passenger to agent' that's the circle closed, the 'same route' that's the others led.
The file keeps Cummings: the canoe launch, the island hide, the swim's ease, and the agent's turn.
Moccasin Bend is the archive's Tennessee file — the escape that became a career.
Why this file matters
Moccasin Bend is the archive's Tennessee file — the escapee who became an agent.
A bend keeps its paddler — the file's suggestion being that Cummings' hold is the doubled: the 'canoe out' that's the freedom took, the 'agent back' that's the network joined, and the 'swam easiest' that's the body's knowing.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The bend—where Cummings escaped the plantation.
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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 39TN02, source row 620. 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. Jacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend'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. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceJacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Jacob Cummings Escape from Moccasin Bend'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. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
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 39TN02, source row 620. 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.