Hickory Hill, near Equality, has seen more than its share of heartbreak and hauntings over the years. The narrow hallway of the slave quarters marks the most haunted area of the house. It is located near Equality and Junction, just a few miles away from Harrisburg, Illinois.
Plans are currently in the works to re-open it as a state historic site.
Hickory Hill was built by a man named John Hart Crenshaw and became a blight on the history of Illinois. In those days, it was illegal to own slaves in Illinois but because no man would work the brutal salt mines of Saline County, it was allowed that slaves could be leased from other states to work. Crenshaw owned several salt tracts and quickly took advantage of the law. He built Hickory Hill in 1842 and began a new scheme that would bring him even more money than the salt mines could. He devised a plan to kidnap free blacks and put them to work in the salt mines.