Delmarva’s Patty Cannon

The Devil on the Nanticoke

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Murder, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Michael Morgan ISBN: 9781625853417
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: June 1, 2015
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Michael Morgan
ISBN: 9781625853417
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: June 1, 2015
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Truth lies behind the grim legend of Patty Cannon. In the early nineteenth century, Patty and her gang terrorized the Delmarva Peninsula, kidnapping free African American men, women and children. Using surprise and treachery, Cannon even employed a free African American accomplice to lure her unsuspecting prey. Captives who survived confinement in Patty's cells were sold south. The position of the Cannon home on the shadowy border between Delaware and Maryland allowed her to dodge the law until a local farmer unearthed the remains of her victims in 1829. Patty mysteriously died in jail awaiting trial. Author Michael Morgan investigates the chilling history of one of the nation's first serial killers.

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Truth lies behind the grim legend of Patty Cannon. In the early nineteenth century, Patty and her gang terrorized the Delmarva Peninsula, kidnapping free African American men, women and children. Using surprise and treachery, Cannon even employed a free African American accomplice to lure her unsuspecting prey. Captives who survived confinement in Patty's cells were sold south. The position of the Cannon home on the shadowy border between Delaware and Maryland allowed her to dodge the law until a local farmer unearthed the remains of her victims in 1829. Patty mysteriously died in jail awaiting trial. Author Michael Morgan investigates the chilling history of one of the nation's first serial killers.

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