Delmarva's Patty Cannon
By: Michael Morgan
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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 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 remains of  her victims in 1829. Patty mysteriously died in jail awaiting her trial. Author Michael Morgan investigates the chilling history of one of the nation's first serial killers.