TILLY ESCAPE SITE, GATEWAY TO FREEDOM: HARRIET TUBMAN'S DARING ROUTE THROUGH SEAFORD, DE
Historic Site — Gateway Park and Riverwalk, Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/tilly-escape-site-gateway-to-freedom-harriet-tubman-s-daring-route-through-seaford-de-delaware/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Tilly Escape Site, Gateway to Freedom: Harriet Tubman's Daring Route through Seaford, DE is a historic site in Seaford, Delaware, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Seaford is the detoured — the 'south to go north' that's the Tubman's twist, the 'Nanticoke up' that's the river used. The 'fiancé's request' is the answered — the 'Canada called' that's the mission's start, the 'Baltimore found' that's the Tilly reached. The 'hotel's landlord' is the saved — the 'passes seen' that's the night's defense, the 'catchers lurked' that's the morning's risk.
The 'letter of passage' is the bluffed — the 'free woman' that's the paper claimed, the 'train to Camden' that's the rail rode. The 'Garrett wrote' is the documented — the 'three days later' that's the letter fresh, the 'remarkable' that's the word chose. Seaford is the cleverest — the 'most complicated' that's the scholars' word, the 'only documented' that's the Nanticoke's record.
The file keeps Seaford: the south detour, the landlord's defense, the forged pass, and Garrett's letter.
Seaford is the archive's Delaware file — where Tubman went south to go north.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Seaford is the archive's Delaware file — Tubman's cleverest documented escape.
A riverwalk keeps its night — the file's suggestion being that Seaford's hold is the shrewd: the 'south first' that's the route's twist, the 'landlord intervened' that's the morning saved, and the 'letter fresh' that's the story documented.

HISTORY — 2 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 entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
· Tilly Escape Site, Gateway to Freedom: Harriet Tubman's Daring Route through Seaford, DE 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. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

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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