Water Street Landing

Water Street is the launched — the 'Havens Wharf' that's the planks stood, the 'ships north' that's the passage caught. The 'swamps signaled' is the waited — the 'codes sent' that's the hiding called, the 'safe now' that's the message meant. The 'second port' is the busy — the 'twelve yards' that's the industrial waterfront, the 'abolitionists aboard' that's the crews mixed.

The 'songs coded' is the sung — the 'rhymes routes' that's the directions hid, the 'changed days' that's the codes' life. The 'wooden boats' is the carried — the 'flatties ferried' that's the last leg, the 'schooners waited' that's the deep water. Water Street is the left — the 'freedom seekers' that's the cargo hid, the 'Pamlico out' that's the river ran.

The file keeps Water Street: the wharf's launches, the codes' rotation, the ferried seekers, and the river's run.

Water Street Landing is the archive's North Carolina file — the planks where freedom shipped north.