What was the head-right system in the southern colonies?

The head-right system in the southern colonies was a practice in which settlers could obtain free land upon which to settle from the British government if they were able to pay for their travel costs. 

Communicating with the dead was common, it wasn’t seen as bizarre or weird,” explains murch. “it’s hard to imagine that now, we look at that and think, ‘why are you opening the gates of hell? ’