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ℳ The Tragedy of Belle Haven ℳ

Meadow wood drive is a location in Belle Haven that was essentially used as a safe haven for African-American run away slaves, an area commonly referred to as the final stop of the underground railroad. The roots to the name of "Belle Haven" itself stems from the safe haven which was offered in this area to African American runaways. In its peak, Meadow wood drive hosted nearly 1,500 African American runaways from around the dates of 1843-1845. However tragedy struck in 1848 when this information leaked to the county that this location was illegally hosting run away slaves creating a response from the local community eliciting violence and chaos. This news fostered paranoia and resentment largely in part because of the fact that the community was taking part in illegal activities. Ultimately this hysteria brought the community to organize a mass lynching and mob. As a result of the secrecy of the organized mob lynching there is no specific date which can be pointed to in telling of which night this occurred. Nonetheless, this event was said to have murdered over 300 slaves through the means of lynching, shooting, and burning. Mothers, woman, and children were rounded up, placed and locked in the local barn in belle haven to then have the building burned. It is said that there were close to 200 woman and children placed in the barn. In this same area which is now closest located to 83 meadow wood drive a home was built using even some of the same decor that survived the terrible burning of over 200 women and children.

The house has been on the market since the mysterious death of Roger Williams in 1940 only to be taken off the market in 2017. Commonly referred to as "old man" Rogers he was considered by locals to be a hellish man and a recluse. His mysterious death was seen by locals as evidence in solidifying their views on the haunted and quite disturbing location. There have been reports in the area of seeing a hunched Old man (commonly refered to as Old man rogers himself) standing near the end of the driveway at this location only for the figure to disappear as onlookers approached it. However in recent years, adding to the ever-growing paranoia in the area, the most daunting aspect of the location is its involvement with the Martha Moxley murder of 1975. The tree where the body of Martha Moxly was found under is located just in the backyard of the home and is still there today. Some locals have even reported occasionally hearing screams from the location nearing the tree. The eerie atmosphere of this location prompted by the murders in the area is why the house has remained on the market for so long. Conclusively the location is a massive burial ground containing the ashes of hundreds of slaves, the location where Martha Moxley was found, and old man Rogers and is considered by locals to be utterly haunted.