There were definately slaves located all around Piney Grove, but not within Piney Grove itself.
Blacks still own property there, but none reside there.
The book records the families and ancestors of several families, and contain interviews of many of the Blacks that were born in the area. It records the history of Piney Grove United Methodist Church, with its one-room Black school house and cemetery. The book notes how this little Black church served as the one solid rock place that held this little community together. It contains a survey of the cemetery, which incidently, was done by the author of the book, and lists the many, many names of Blacks from the Piney Grove and Bond Avenue areas that were buried by the Eline Funeral Homes, a White funeral establishment in the Reisterstown area. Another tremendous genealogist resource tool for those searching for their roots.