KIRBY AVENUE CORRIDOR (ESCAPE OF THE 28)
Historic Site — Cincinnati, Ohio
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/kirby-avenue-corridor-escape-of-the-28-cincinnati-ohio/

The 1856 escape—the 28 freedom seekers who reached Cincinnati.

Kirby Avenue Corridor (Escape of the 28) is a historic site in Cincinnati, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom. The 1856 escape—the 28 freedom seekers who reached Cincinnati. The archive files it under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

The Kirby Avenue corridor is the funeral route — the 1853 procession that moved twenty-eight fugitives through Cincinnati disguised as mourners. The crossing was the hard part — the Ohio River from Petersburg, the sunken skiff that cost them daylight. The cemetery was the cover — Wesleyan's integrated ground, the buggies and coaches that became the cortege.
The College Hill was the haven — the abolitionist families who hid them, the twenty-ninth who joined in the night. The route was the road — Kirby, Glenview, Belmont, the pike to Hamilton and on to Indiana. The corridor is the mass escape — the largest group through the city, the funeral that was the Underground Railroad.
The file keeps the Kirby corridor: the 1853 crossing, the funeral procession, Wesleyan Cemetery, and the College Hill shelter.
The Kirby corridor is the archive's Cincinnati file — the funeral of the twenty-eight.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Kirby corridor is the archive's Cincinnati file — the funeral-procession escape.
A road keeps its procession — the file's suggestion being that the corridor's hold is the disguise: the coaches that looked like mourners, the cemetery that was the turning point, and the twenty-eight who walked.

HISTORY — 3 documented facts
· 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Kirby Avenue Corridor (Escape of the 28) is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· The 1856 escape is documented. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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