Shawneetown, Illinois
There is a place called the Crenshaw mansion, in Southern Illinois, close to Shawneetown, Illinois, that has been documented as having been a home where the owner in the 1800'S owned and bred slaves. There are instruments of torture in the home that they have preserved and are on display. I have been there myself, and it is indeed an eerie place. I'm not sure it is really haunted as the old stories go, however, it is definitely a source of great sadness and overwhelming despair. You can feel it in the air when you are there. Supposedly, there have been people trying to spend the night, and they never could make it through the night without leaving.