ROANOKE ISLAND FREEDOM COLONY, FORT RALEIGH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Historic Site — National Park Service, Manteo, Dare County, North Carolina
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/roanoke-island-freedom-colony-fort-raleigh-national-historic-site-north-carolina/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Manteo, North Carolina, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Roanoke Island Freedom Colony, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site 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.

Roanoke is the second colony — the 'Lost' that's the first name, the 'Freedmen's' that's the '63 made. The 'cross the creek' is the spread — the 'safe haven' that's the word carried, the '4,000' that's the island filled. The 'first of kind' is the tried — the 'own community' that's the experiment made, the 'schools churches' that's the built first.
The 'spies and scouts' is the served — the 'missions' that's the Union aided, the 'guides' that's the courage paid. The 'disbanded '67' is the ended — the 'scattered' that's the colony's close, the 'descendants remain' that's the island kept. Roanoke is the layered — the 'English lost' that's the older mystery, the 'freedmen found' that's the newer story.
The file keeps Roanoke: the haven's spread, the colony's rise, the scouts' work, and the '67 scattering.
Roanoke Island is the archive's North Carolina file — the second colony, this one free.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Roanoke Island is the archive's North Carolina file — the Lost Colony's island that became a freedmen's haven.
An island keeps its colonies — the file's suggestion being that Roanoke's hold is the second: the 'Lost' that's the vanished first, the 'Freedmen's' that's the '63 found, and the '4,000' that's the haven filled.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· 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. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
· Roanoke Island Freedom Colony, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site 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. 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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