Name: Old Havens Wharf holds remnants of Underground Railroad history
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Description: Built and managed using enslaved labor, the shipyard ironically became a foothold for helping enslaved men and women seeking freedom.

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Built and managed using enslaved labor, the shipyard ironically became a foothold for helping enslaved men and women seeking freedom.

AND HOW WOMEN CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT TREATMENT. THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE AHEAD AT 5:00. >>> THERE WAS A TIME WHEN NORTH CAROLINA'S RIVERS WERE KNOWN AS FREEDOM ROADS. THAT IS BECAUSE THE ROLE THESE BODIES A WATERS PLAYED IN GUIDING FREEDOM SEEKERS ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. >> KEN SMITH FOLLOWS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WERE REMNANTS OF THIS TIME IN HISTORY THE HISTORY CAN BE FOUND. >> AND ICONIC LANDMARK LINDEE WATERFRONT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. BACK IN 1800S THE WASHINGTON NORTH CAROLINA PORT WAS A BUSTLING SHIPYARD FULL OF ENSLAVED LABORERS AND FREE BLACK WORKERS ALIKE HELPING FREEDOM SEEKERS. >> DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON WATERFRONT UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, SHE SAYS RECORDS TELL OF FREEDOM SEEKERS HIDING THEM IN NEARBY SWAMP WOODS AND EVEN TUNNELS WAITING FOR SECRET CODE FROM AN ABOLITIONIST TO TELL THEM IT IS SAFE TO BOARD A SHIP TO FREEDOM. THE MESSAGES WERE ROOTED IN THE LAND. >> A BIG BROWNED IN THE SUNFLOWER, WE CALLED IT AN EYE, THAT INDICATED TOO MANY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR RUNAWAYS. IF IT WAS THE DAY TO MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARD THE SHIP, THEY WOULD USE OKRA FLOWER. BECAUSE OF THE BROWN SPOT IS SMALLER IT WOULD INDICATE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. >> SHE SAYS MANY OF THE SHIPS WERE PILOTED BY ENSLAVED LABORERS OF FREE BLACK MEN KNOWN AS BLACKJACKS. >> BLACKJACKS WOULD LIKE THE GOOGLE AND NEWSPAPERS OF TODAY. >> SHE SAYS THEY PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE HELPING ENSLAVED PEOPLE ON THEIR JOURNEY TO FREEDOM. >> THEY WOULD GO FROM PORT TO PORT, THEY WOULD PICK UP INFORMATION ON WHAT ABOLITIONIST ACTIVITIES WERE IN THE AREA, AND BECAUSE WASHINGTON WAS THE SECOND LARGEST PORT AFTER WILMINGTON, WE HAD A LOT OF SHIPS COMING IN THROUGH THIS RIVER. >> I WILL NEVER LOOK AT BLACK EYED PEAS OR BLACK-EYED SUSAN'S THE SAME WAY AGAIN. TODAY, AND HAVENS WHARF STANDS ACROSS FROM THE WASHINGTON WATERFRONT UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM.

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Old Havens Wharf holds remnants of Underground Railroad history 

The Pamlico River leads into Havens Wharf, where upwards of 12 shipyards ran at one time. It was a bustling place where abolitionists could help enslaved freedom seekers catch a ship north.

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