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

by Geordie Buxton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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.
 
These stories and more are wrenched from the gravest parts of America’s past—real lives of people on plantations from Savannah to Charleston and the coast of the Carolinas. Richly illustrated with both historic and contemporary images, most deal with the hub of the East Coast slave trade, Charleston, South Carolina.
 
Sifting through folklore, legends, and emotionally raw history, these stories relate encounters with the supernatural—and reminds us that what actually happened here doesn’t always need a ghost to be disquieting.
 
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    Arcadia Publishing
  5. Publication date
    September 26, 2007
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    13544 KB
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Local writer Geordie Buxton conducts ghost tours by boat in Charleston Harbor and on foot in the historic district. The coauthor of two previous books of local ghost stories, this is his first single collection.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009AKIMTW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcadia Publishing (September 26, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 26, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 13544 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 121 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 95 ratings

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Ilovedallas
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2023
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Book is well written and not exaggerated at all. Best is that there is tons of history about each plantation.
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Warren A. Lewis
3.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2023
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This book, while filled with a lot of little tidbits of information, if far from a good book of ghost stories. In fact many of the ghosts are little more than the imagination of a person who may have been scared, but most likely wanted a story to tell and hope their imagination becomes a legend, which perhaps it did since the author heard of it and recorded it. However, from a historical reference, it provides a window into the lives of the people in the stories and of the time they lived, and those stories are pretty good. I'm just not sure it provides a window into their afterlife.
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Tina Cole
5.0 out of 5 stars From a Southern Belle
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2019
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I loved this book of haunts, history, and emotion. All these tales were told with great description and utmost respect. They are spooky, but, not gory or terrifying. The last one about the mummy gave me the most chills because it rung so true. Brought tears to my eyes being reminded of the cruelty of man.

I love the authentically southern tone. Brings you right to the locations being described. I'm a North Carolina girl, born and bred, but, have been to a few of the places written about in this book. I particularly liked the story of the apparition at Boone Hall plantation kiln. I have been to this plantation as well as Drayton Hall. Since reading Mr. Geordie's book, I shall have to return and look at these places with fresh eyes. I do love a ghost story told in the way they're told within these pages. Mr. Geordie, I would love nothing more than to hear you are putting together a book of North Carolina Hauntings! You might just have yourself a research assistant!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and Historical Facts
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2020
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This Little Book taught me many previously unknown facts about the Deep South that I never knew before. It also gave some chills and pleasure reading about the ghost stories associated with these important historical sites.
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david starks
5.0 out of 5 stars haunted plantations: ghosts of slavery and legends of the cotton kingdom
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2013
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book came on time and in excellent condition. it had great pictures and all the pages were laminated. all the stories in it are great especially if you are a history buff. also included locations of all the plantations.
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truckproductions
2.0 out of 5 stars Thin book, large font, not scary
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2020
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More like a pamphlet than a book.. A pamphlet with really large font and chapters that are only a few pages. There is nothing scary about it nor is it in-depth enough to warrant the title of "informative". It feels more like the notes of a person giving a quick tour of old buildings in town.
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Stella
5.0 out of 5 stars Haunted plantations
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2015
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Good for historical history. Learned more about slavery. Not really a spooky book.. Was a easy read. I give it a 5
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Lynne Wagner
4.0 out of 5 stars Good spooky folklore
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2019
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Liked the tales of the old South, and the haunting. Did not try to go too far, just presented stories.
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