NATHAN AND POLLY JOHNSON HOUSE
Historic Site — 21 Seventh Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Status: Operating · Access: Restricted access
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/nathan-and-polly-johnson-house-massachusetts/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Nathan and Polly Johnson House is a historic site in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 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 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.

Johnson is the first — the '21 Seventh Street' that's the Douglass's first free home, the '1838' that's the Frederick arrived. The 'name' is the given — the 'too many Johnsons' that's the Nathan joked, the 'Lady of the Lake' that's the suggested Douglass. The 'many families' is the sheltered — the 'Molyneux-Gibson' that's the listed, the 'William Wells Brown' that's the housed too.
The 'Nathan' is the born — the '1795 Virginia' that's the enslaved then escaped, the 'Polly Page' that's the free family married. The 'NHL' is the '00 — the 'Network '01' that's the both designations, the 'Black History Trail' that's the New Bedford's pride. Johnson is the renamed — the 'Douglass' that's the Scottish lord's spelling doubled, the 'first free' that's the Johnsons' floor.
The file keeps the Johnsons: the naming joke, the 1838 arrival, the many sheltered, and the '00 landmark.
Johnson House is the archive's Massachusetts file — where Douglass got his name.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Nathan and Polly Johnson House is the archive's Massachusetts file — the naming house.
A house keeps its suggestion — the file's suggestion being that Johnson's hold is the nominal: the 'too many Johnsons' that's the prompted a new name, the 'Lady of the Lake' that's the literature's gift, and the 'first free home' that's the Douglass's threshold.

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. 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.
· Nathan and Polly Johnson House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Nathan and Polly Johnson House'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 record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
· The 1838 night is documented. Nathan and Polly Johnson House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

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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