Presbyterian Plane Street Colored Church(Frederick Douglass Field)
A historic site in Newark, New Jersey, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Presbyterian Plane Street Colored Church(Frederick Douglass Field) is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under 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 Presbyterian Plane Street Colored Church(Frederick Douglass Field) 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
Plane Street is the seeded — the 'segregated pews' that's the reason left, the '1835' that's the own church built. The 'Douglass spoke' is the '49 — the 'North Star promoted' that's the paper pushed, the 'field named' that's the site's honor now. The 'King next door' is the paired — the 'station house' that's the church's neighbor, the 'nucleus' that's the block's work.
The 'cleared' is the erased — the 'slum clearance' that's the '60s took, the '12,000 families' that's the neighborhood lost. The 'field renamed' is the restored — the 'Douglass Field' that's the 2019 named, the 'plaque '22' that's the church marked. Plane Street is the layered — the 'congregation built' that's the faith kept, the 'ballfield' that's the memory's ground.
The file keeps Plane Street: the pews rejected, Douglass's speech, the cleared block, and the field's name.
Plane Street is the archive's New Jersey file — the church under the ballfield.
Why this file matters
Plane Street is the archive's New Jersey file — the demolished church beneath Douglass Field.
A field keeps its church — the file's suggestion being that Plane Street's hold is the layered: the 'segregated left' that's the church born, the 'Douglass '49' that's the speech kept, and the 'cleared '60s' that's the neighborhood lost.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Newark church—where the congregation aided the fugitives.
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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 43NJ02, source row 678. 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. Presbyterian Plane Street Colored Church(Frederick Douglass Field)'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. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
Verified historyNational Park ServicePresbyterian Plane Street Colored Church(Frederick Douglass Field) 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
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 43NJ02, source row 678. 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.