"Southern Maryland is one of the most haunted spots in America. From pre-colonial settlements to modern times, the tales of every era of its history are often dark and sometimes bloody. Brave readers will meet the many otherworldly specters that loved the area too much to leave, like the spirit of the witch Moll Dyer or the nun reclaiming her ancestral home. Learn the haunted history of Sotterley Plantation and the stories of the ghosts that remained...

"For this book, Dr. Phillips has indexed seventy-five years of handwritten records from Charles County, Maryland (1658-1733) for the first time. The records are nearly complete and most have never been transcribed; 872 'servants' without indentures were brought to this country, and 333 were owned by the judges on the very court that sentenced them to slavery. This book contains three indexes, with detailed abstracts, to servants with or without indentures...