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(1829, Patty Cannon) The Woman Who Hunted and Killed African-Americans In the spring of 1829, a tenant farmer working the fields near the Delaware, Maryland border made a discovery that would expose one of America’s most chilling criminal enterprises. His plow horse suddenly sank into the earth, revealing a wooden chest buried beneath the soil. Inside lay the skeletal remains of what appeared to be a man, his bones yellowed with age and his skull showing clear signs of violence. This was just the beginning. Over the following weeks, authorities would uncover the bodies of at least seven people on this property, including three children. All victims of a woman whose name had already become a whispered terror throughout the Delm Marva Peninsula, Martha Patty Cannon. For nearly two decades, Canon had operated what historians now call the Reverse Underground Railroad, a network that kidnapped free African-Ameans and escaped slaves to sell them back into bondage in the Deep South. But this wasn’t just about human trafficking. Canon was also a serial killer who murdered rival slave traders, witnesses, and even children when they posed a threat to her operations. Court records from Sussex County, Delaware, show she was indicted for four murders, though witnesses claimed the true number exceeded 20. Before we continue with the story of Patty Cannon and her reign of terror along the Mason Dixon line, I want to hear from you………..
In the spring of 1829, a tenant farmer working the fields near the Delaware, Maryland border made a discovery that would expose one of America’s...
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