Haunted Plantations: Ghosts of Slavery and Legends of the Cotton Kingdoms

Chilling stories of the antebellum era, ranging from Savannah, Georgia to the Carolina coast, with photos included.

Members of a shackled West African tribe drag themselves off a slave ship while singing, drowning in a Georgia creek to avoid being sold. Mysterious letters from a long-ruined church near Mepkin Abbey solicit a man to join the faith. A French teacher disappears from a school after marking final exams in blood. An Egyptian mummy triggers a heart attack in a city museum.

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