Leinster Bay Waterfront
A historic site in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Leinster Bay Waterfront 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 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Leinster Bay Waterfront 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
Leinster Bay is the swum — the 'one mile' that's the water crossed, the 'Tortola free' that's the '34 promise. The 'shoot to kill' is the ordered — the 'von Scholten' that's the governor's word, the 'frigate patrolled' that's the bay watched. The 'hundred' is the tried — the 'freedom seekers' that's the count known, the 'families left' that's the price paid.
The 'guardhouse' is the watched — the '17 soldiers' that's the eyes kept, the 'property protected' that's the purpose meant. The 'largest estate' is the fled — the '228 enslaved' that's the '05 count, the '9 percent' that's the island's share. Leinster is the near — the 'freedom visible' that's the Tortola seen, the 'mile of risk' that's the swim measured.
The file keeps Leinster: the mile swim, the shoot order, the guardhouse, and the hundred who tried.
Leinster Bay is the archive's Virgin Islands file — the water between slavery and freedom.
Why this file matters
Leinster Bay is the archive's Virgin Islands file — the mile swimmers risked for British soil.
A waterfront keeps its swimmers — the file's suggestion being that Leinster's hold is the risked: the 'shoot to kill' that's the order given, the 'one mile' that's the freedom's width, and the 'hundred tried' that's the courage counted.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The bay—where the enslaved worked the plantations.
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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 41VI01, source row 645. 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. Standardized US territory label from Virgin Islands.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Leinster Bay Waterfront'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. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceLeinster Bay Waterfront is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Leinster Bay Waterfront'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 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
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 41VI01, source row 645. 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. Standardized US territory label from Virgin Islands.