Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp

Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal SwampThe massive and foreboding Great Dismal Swamp sprawls over 2,000 square miles and spills over parts of Virginia and North Carolina. From the early seventeenth century, the nearly impassable Dismal frustrated settlement. However, what may have been an impediment to the expansion of slave society became an essential sanctuary for many of those who sought to escape it. In the depths of the Dismal, thousands of maroonspeople who had emancipated themselves

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they've had amazingly similar hard knock lives

the Underground Railroad had to remain covert not only for the sake of thousands of slaves

LaMeka’s life is truly coming full circle

sieges that decimated entire cities

but your praise can certainly change your situation

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a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery

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