Conjure Ghosts: Fantasy/Horror

The ghosts was what bothered 'em most. The work was hard, true, and it weren't fair, no, not nohow. But they weren't separated and sold, they weren't forced into anything less good by the master of the house, and they weren't beaten much. The overseer had even been known to send a person particularly exhausted by the heat to go rest in the icehouse, and to drink water. It was much better than where most of them had come from, and for that reason, they distrusted it. Well, that and the ghosts. The master and mistress weren't proper Christians, either, and didn't try to make them stop the conjure--

Inspiration: Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt
Story Potential: Low
Notes: Dangerous ground, and this isn't interesting enough to make it worth treading on.