Joseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin's Point
Joseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin's Point is a historic site in Church Hill, Maryland, 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 Joseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin's Point 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
Gilpin's Point is the sailed — the 'worked his passage' that's the fare earned, the 'vessel about to sail' that's the rumor followed. The 'preacher' is the left — the 'acceptable in AME' that's the flock's shepherd, the 'wife and five' that's the family stayed. The 'Christmas Day' is the arrived — the 'Still's office' that's the Philadelphia reached, the 'St. Catharines' that's the Tubman joined.
The 'fear of sale' is the drove — the 'Lecompte's trading' that's the threat real, the 'free wife' that's the status split. The 'naval officer' is the master — the 'U.S. Navy captain' that's the enslaver's rank, the 'no ready money' that's the cruelty's form. Gilpin's is the wharf — the 'Choptank's busiest' that's the commerce's hub, the 'freedom's gangway' that's the hidden use.
The file keeps Gilpin's: the worked passage, the preacher's leaving, the Christmas arrival, and the wharf's role.
Gilpin's Point is the archive's Maryland file — the wharf where a preacher sailed out.
Why this file matters
Gilpin's Point is the archive's Maryland file — the wharf that launched Cornish to Still.
A wharf keeps its passenger — the file's suggestion being that Gilpin's hold is the worked: the 'passage earned' that's the labor traded, the 'Christmas arrival' that's the timing's grace, and the 'family left' that's the cost paid.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The wharf—where Cornish escaped the point.
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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 22MD02, source row 416. 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceJoseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin's Point is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
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 22MD02, source row 416. 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.