National Park Service seeking local input regarding potential National Heritage Area
The National Park Service (NPS) is looking for North Carolina and Virginia input regarding the potential designation of a ...
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Maroons in the Revolutionary period
Because of extensive settlement and cultivation, maroonage in Virginia and the northern colonies was mostly limited to the Great Dismal Swamp, on the Virginia and North Carolina border.
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Escape to the Great Dismal Swamp (2018)
In the 1800s southern newspapers ran ads seeking runaway slaves suspected of taking refuge in a vast wetland called the Great Dismal Swamp For decades scholars have sought proof that the reports ...