The Ghost Who Would Not Die: A Runaway Slave, A Brutal Murder, A Mysterious Haunting
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It is an understatement to say just how much I love and appreciate this book, this story, this author. Thank goodness for the concept of Academic Freedom. I find it extremely useful in expanding the students' minds through creative no It is an understatement to say just how much I love and appreciate this book, this story, this author. I find it extremely useful in expanding the students' minds through creative non-fiction Linda's books , which use creative fiction elements to move the story. Yes, this story was dictated, but -- like a movie -- you have to sometimes make the character run across the parking lot, rather than just skip, making the story move just a bit faster, without exaggeration.
Dewey made the story deeply personal, spiritually powerful, and dynamically emotional. I realize the entity, Jacobs, was narrating the whole story. Linda simply made it more believable, without going overboard, or writing extra descriptions for the sake of being scary. I really appreciate her efforts to bring the ethereal dimensions to our doorstep, to speak to our own internal spiritual beliefs, to challenge us where we stand. The book does not take away from our beliefs, but expands on what we thought we knew.
I was happy to meet with Linda Dewey as a result of the affect this book had on me, and my students , letting her know of my own novel written before I read her second book , which also deals in the handling of the Afterlife by spirits whom have no clue that that is where they are.
Linda's book has inspired me to feel good about my own completed novel, and where I am going with my own investigations into the paranormal ethically done. I don't think I could have easily found another book that would have allowed me to make use of Expository Writing and Creative Writing, all in the same box. I am happy to have made this second book a required reading for my students.
I must include that I've had a student at one of my institutions that told me this about Linda Alice Dewey's second book: I am just an old, stupid, retired military--metal-worker. When I picked up this book, I could not put it down. I just kept reading and reading. I just had to know what happened next.
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My wife, she wanted the book after me! This student took a different path, educationally; yet, he actually called to tell me that he is still reading that second book. I am just starting to use it at my other college in Vermont. I will see how they feel about it. Mixed feelings are OK. Not everyone has to believe it. What students are looking for are the elements of story, of deep spiritual thought, of life. I cannot say "Thank you" enough to Linda Alice Dewey. Mar 10, Dusti rated it really liked it.
Interesting - a ghost story told from a ghost communicating with a live woman. Interesting in that it wasn't just a tale of the ghost's life, but what happened to him after death and how and when he crossed over to the light. Dec 14, Mitzi rated it it was amazing Shelves: Gives a detailed story of a slaves life, what happens when he dies, the story of people in his life.
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If you do, then it comes with its own housekeeper. Unfortunately, the housekeeper in question died in the 19th century. Miss Josephine was a freed black woman in charge of the slaves that worked at the house. She was well-trusted and doubled as a governess and midwife. She ran the house flawlessly, and she continue to do so after the Civil War, even when all the slaves were gone. She was so dedicated that guests say she still runs the house today.
Jasmine marked it as to-read Jan 25, The plat-eyes come in several forms, one of which is that of a humanoid with a single eye dangling from the middle of its brow. Jacqueline added it Aug 24, Linda simply made it more believable, without going overboard, or writing extra descriptions for the sake of being scary. Dewey helps Jacobs to "cross over" and find the peace and freedom that was denied him in life and during the first hundred years after his death. The child later died, and the nurse told the story to Mrs.
Guests have reported the sound of a broom and the scent of lemon—her favorite—moving from room to room. The chandeliers swing, doors open and close themselves, and lights flash on and off. Some people have seen her apparition at the window.
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A sense of sadness can apparently be felt in her room, the result of the various slave women and babies that died there during childbirth. The slaves that made a run seem naturally defiant and hardy, and thus the idea that their spirits would remain seems appealing. More than that, many runaways were punished with extreme brutality.
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Cruel murder and the restless afterlife go hand in hand. Yet he is said to have fled from a particularly cruel master at some point in the s. The slave walked from the plantation and ran down the trail, eventually collapsing after an hour. The slave owner, a team of men and hounds with him, found him unconscious. They beat the unfortunate manwhere he lay and then hanged him from a tree.
He freed himself from the noose, but was too injured to get far and collapsed again. They dragged him back to the farm and publicly mutilated him as a lesson to the other slaves. Motorists report seeing a ragged figure running through the words, still trying to escape.
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Screams and moans can be heard around the hanging tree. Other sightings are of the slave wandering calmly around the trail, possibly looking for revenge on the men who killed him. It paints a sad story of a spirit destined to live every part of the experience over and over again. Zephaniah Kingsley had a reputation for being quite a decent guy as far as slave owners go.
Once his slaves had completed their assigned work for the day, they were free to do whatever they liked, such as fishing or gardening. If they produced and sold anything, they kept the profits. Kingsley married a slave named Ana in an African cemetery in addition to two other wives and she went on to become quite wealthy in her own right. He even learnt an African language. The real villain on that plantation in Jacksonville, Florida was another slave, who raped and murdered the slave women.
His fellow captives hanged him from an oak tree, and his ghost is said to still stalk the place. The glowing orbs appear just behind your car, and the sounds of his victims follow them along the roadside. A second ghost with glowing eyes resides in an unfinished house on the plantation. If you have a good heart then the ghost takes the form of a white woman that waves at you.
The Hunt-Morgan House, historically known as Hopemont, is famous in its own right. Thomas Hunt Morgan was born there in , and he won the Nobel Prize in medicine. Nicknamed Aunt Betty, James cared for the Morgan children in the midth century. Along with his brothers, Charlton acted as a pallbearer for Betty when she died shortly after the Civil War. Betty was buried in the family plot. After her death, one of the Morgan children became very ill. A nurse was caring for him but dozed off.
When the nurse approached, the figure vanished. The child later died, and the nurse told the story to Mrs. Morgan and learned that the family had given red shoes to Betty as a gift. Morgan was overjoyed that Aunt Betty was still around looking after the children, believing she would look after her dead son in the afterlife. Today, the house is a museum , and you can visit should you like to try and see Betty for yourself.
The place is a bed and breakfast today , but when it was a private home, its third floor housed a slave couple and their young son George. He spent his days running errands, tending the stables, and playing by the river. Some stories say George had heard his parents were on a ship, and he drowned in Charleston harbor trying to reach them.
The most accepted story is that he ran away but was caught, and when the owner collected George. Apparently, he sometimes obeys. One of the most famous uprisings in the history of slavery was led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia in Rebel slaves killed 55 people, and many more slaves were killed in revenge.
The act made many slave owners uneasy, and they marched their most unruly slaves further south to be sold to anyone that would take them.
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One such slave was named William, and he was sold to a farmer named Benjamin Hocking.